class: center, middle name: title # Carp VM ### Max Bernstein --- # Carp VM * Virtual machine => Emulate CPU (among others) -- * Understand simple instructions -- * Guided by Christopher Kuszmaul --- # Points 1. What is Carp? Why..? -- 3. How did I make Carp? -- 4. What did Kuszmaul do? --- # What: Virtual Machines 1. Software implementation of hardware -- 2. ~~System virtual machine~~ -- <br />Process virtual machine --- class: center, middle # wat --- class: center, middle  --- # Why: Goals * Learn something about virtual machines -- * ...? --- # How: Broad steps * Read other projects' code -- * Read "how-to"s (but don't follow them) -- * Long hours at night --- # How: Matt Plant's FACT * Former student -- * Wrote a VM -- * Wrote it again --- # Kuszmaul: Design help * What does Carp code look like? -- * How should [this] be organized? -- * Why [this]? --- # Kuszmaul: Technical help * Data structures -- * Moral support when **everything** breaks -- * Debugging advice --- ### Sample: Carp code  --- ### Sample: Output  --- # What did I learn? * "Creator mentality" -- * A bit of x86 assembly language -- * Flowcharts rock --- # Points: A recap 1. Carp is a Virtual Machine -- 2. Reading and understanding others' work is helpful -- 3. Night is a productive time of day --- # Advice 1. Learn by doing — take the leap -- 2. Sleep -- 3. Don't switch projects halfway through --- # Thank you * Christopher Kuszmaul * Helping with the project * Erin Angell * Helping me switch projects * You guys * Listening to this talk