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Using the generated code

The easiest way to create a working VM interpreter with Vmgen is probably to start with vmgen-ex, and modify it for your purposes. This chapter explains what the various wrapper and generated files do. It also contains reference-manual style descriptions of the macros, variables etc. used by the generated code, and you can skip that on first reading.

• VM engine: Executing VM code
• VM instruction table:
• VM code generation: Creating VM code (in the front-end)
• Peephole optimization: Creating VM superinstructions
• VM disassembler: for debugging the front end
• VM profiler: for finding worthwhile superinstructions