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| author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2018-09-28 12:15:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2018-09-28 12:15:30 +0200 |
| commit | 7e623d10145ab6d3d8fac75f95268c5b953e5a36 (patch) | |
| tree | 65b39e5a619b5fa8befa137be120e845e4c591e2 /doc/ref/vm.texi | |
| parent | 2018609a693105e613f8c9af9d6ca637d23d0fa9 (diff) | |
| download | guile-7e623d10145ab6d3d8fac75f95268c5b953e5a36.tar.gz | |
Update "VM Concepts"
* doc/ref/vm.texi (VM Concepts): Update.
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diff --git a/doc/ref/vm.texi b/doc/ref/vm.texi index 76e0939e6..59c36b6c6 100644 --- a/doc/ref/vm.texi +++ b/doc/ref/vm.texi @@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ discussed in @ref{Extending the Compiler}. @node VM Concepts @subsection VM Concepts -Compiled code is run by a virtual machine (VM). Each thread has its own -VM. The virtual machine executes the sequence of instructions in a -procedure. +The bytecode in a Scheme procedure is interpreted by a virtual machine +(VM). Each thread has its own instantiation of the VM. The virtual +machine executes the sequence of instructions in a procedure. Each VM instruction starts by indicating which operation it is, and then follows by encoding its source and destination operands. Each procedure |