[Yhc] yca2swf? was coreFunc has extra argument

[Tom Shackell]

Jeremy Shaw wrote:
> The yca2swf compiler is based on the STG machine paper -- which is
> also not really a good way to do it. My plan is to finish the FFI
> stuff for the current version, and then start over.

*gulp* I'm guessing you mean "Implementing lazy functional languages on 
stock hardware". That's gonna be pretty painful.

My recommendation is to read this book, it's out of print so it's 
available online for free:

http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/Papers/pj-lester-book/

Read particularly the chapters on the G-Machine. The Yhc interpreter is 
based on a slightly modified G-Machine design.

For a more in depth discussion you could use this other book, also out 
of print and available online:

http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/papers/slpj-book-1987/index.htm

Though I found the first book sufficient for most purposes. You can also 
look at how Yhc does it. The Yhc wiki has lots on how Yhc is implemented.

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yhc/RTS

The G-Machine is a bit unusual as virtual machines go, so it's well 
worth understanding exactly how it works. Of course you'll need to adapt 
it to the oddities of the actionscript virtual machine thingy :)

Have fun :)


Tom