> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:43:43 +0100> To: 
> [email protected]> Subject: RE: Dynamically choosing a 
> register> > > Do you mean for the cond to be evaluated at compile time in 
> the> following?> >    (def store-to-register (reg val)>         (cond (reg)>  
>                 ((number-that-means-eax) (store eax val)No, it can't be 
> compile time since val will live in a field in instances of MethodContext.  I 
> can't know what val is until runtime.  What I really want is a way to store 
> in memory or another register some kind of reference to a register so that I 
> would have the option in my VM that a caller can request the answer put right 
> into the literal register of his choice.> If so you could just generate:>    
> (mov t1 eax)> > Then the register allocator will try to allocate t1 in eax> 
> and remove that move.> > BryceIs there any documentation on your mid and low 
> level code generator?  I would like to make a lisp-like language that targets 
> it.  This way I wouldn't have to make a compiler for every processor type, 
> but I would have full power of the CPU and no dependencies on C.
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