How does the vm pass a string to the compiler in object memory to be
evaluated?
The VM works with the OS so that a window collects a string in UTF-8 or
Unicode and send it to the compiler in the object memory in RAM.
Date today
becomes
Compiler evaluate: 'Date today'
I see in MicroSqueak
Interpreter>>primitiveKbdPeek
sends things to the stack. I understand something called 'the stack'
they way understand unicorns.
But is it true to say that the stack is a step on the way to the
compiler in RAM?
Window-->characters-->vm-->primitiveKbdPeek-->stack-->object
memory-->compiler--> Compiler evaluate:-->bytecodes
Then, after bytecodes have been generated, Interpreter>>interpret can do
what it does. The output can make a trip back to the window going back
the way it came.
How accurate or inaccurate is this description?
Thanks,
Chris
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