Re: [Oopic-compiler-devel] Emulator

[Andrew P. <wa...@ic...>]

At 12:56 AM 17/12/2004 +0000, Neil Durant wrote:
>Following a bit of abortive discussion on the OOPic mailing list about an
>OOPic emulator, it strikes me that actually it wouldn't be so hard to do.
>We have the spec of the byte code, and it's a relatively simple stack-based
>machine.  I guess the hard part would be modelling the VCs, but again, not
>all that difficult.

A useful emulator has to handle real world programs - large, complicated
ones.  Those programs need lots of simulated inputs that mimic what will be
seen in real life.  I see that as a problem area.

Also, a simulator that doesn't mimic all the OOPic's bugs (like the broken
LCD handling) will make the user's life miserable.


...Andy