format ELF64 executable
-struc with_length string& {
- . db string
- .length = $ - .
+;; The code in this macro is placed at the end of each Forth word. When we are
+;; executing a definition, this code is what causes execution to resume at the
+;; next word in that definition.
+macro next {
+ ;; RSI points to the address of the definition of the next word to execute.
+ lodsq ; Load value at RSI into RAX and increment RSI
+ ;; Now RAX contains the location of the next word to execute. The first 8
+ ;; bytes of this word is the address of the codeword, which is what we want
+ ;; to execute.
+ jmp qword [rax] ; Jump to the codeword of the current word
}
-macro write_stdout string_label {
- mov rax, 1
- mov rdi, 1
- mov rsi, string_label
- mov rdx, string_label#.length
- syscall
+;; pushr and popr work on the return stack, whose location is stored in the
+;; register RBP.
+macro pushr x {
+ sub rbp, 8
+ mov qword [rbp], x
+}
+macro popr x {
+ mov x, [rbp]
+ add rbp, 8
}
segment readable executable
-start:
- write_stdout message
+main:
+ cld ; Clear direction flag so LODSQ does the right thing.
+ mov rbp, return_stack_top ; Initialize return stack
+
+ mov rsi, program
+ next
+
+program: dq MAIN
+
+;; The codeword is the code that will be executed at the beginning of a forth
+;; word. It needs to save the old RSI and update it to point to the next word to
+;; execute.
+docol:
+ pushr rsi ; Save old value of RSI on return stack; we will continue execution there after we are done executing this word
+ lea rsi, [rax + 8] ; RAX currently points to the address of the codeword, so we want to continue at RAX+8
+ next ; Execute word pointed to by RSI
+
+;; This word is called at the end of a Forth definition. It just needs to
+;; restore the old value of RSI (saved by 'docol') and resume execution.
+EXIT:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ popr rsi
+ next
+
+;; LIT is a special word that reads the next "word pointer" and causes it to be
+;; placed on the stack rather than executed.
+LIT:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ lodsq
+ push rax
+ next
+
+;; 0BRANCH is the fundamental mechanism for branching. If the top of the stack
+;; is zero, we jump by the given offset. 0BRANCH is given the offset as an
+;; integer after the word.
+ZBRANCH:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ ;; Compare top of stack to see if we should branch
+ pop rax
+ cmp rax, 0
+ jnz .dont_branch
+.do_branch:
+ add rsi, [rsi] ; [RSI], which is the next word, contains the offset; we add this to the instruction pointer.
+ next ; Then, we can just continue execution as normal
+.dont_branch:
+ add rsi, 8 ; We need to skip over the next word, which contains the offset.
+ next
+
+;; Expects a character on the stack and prints it to standard output.
+EMIT:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ pushr rsi
+ pushr rax
+ mov rax, 1
+ mov rdi, 1
+ lea rsi, [rsp]
+ mov rdx, 1
+ syscall
+ add rsp, 8
+ popr rax
+ popr rsi
+ next
+
+;; Prints a newline to standard output.
+NEWLINE:
+ dq docol
+ dq LIT, $A
+ dq EMIT
+ dq EXIT
+
+;; Read a word from standard input and push it onto the stack as a pointer and a
+;; size. The pointer is valid until the next call to READ_WORD.
+READ_WORD: ; 400170
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ mov [.rsi], rsi
+ mov [.rax], rax
+
+.skip_whitespace:
+ ;; Read characters into .char_buffer until one of them is not whitespace.
+ mov rax, 0
+ mov rdi, 0
+ mov rsi, .char_buffer
+ mov rdx, 1
+ syscall
+
+ cmp [.char_buffer], ' '
+ je .skip_whitespace
+ cmp [.char_buffer], $A
+ je .skip_whitespace
+
+.alpha:
+ ;; We got a character that wasn't whitespace. Now read the actual word.
+ mov [.length], 0
+
+.read_alpha:
+ mov al, [.char_buffer]
+ movzx rbx, [.length]
+ mov rsi, .buffer
+ add rsi, rbx
+ mov [rsi], al
+ inc [.length]
+
+ mov rax, 0
+ mov rdi, 0
+ mov rsi, .char_buffer
+ mov rdx, 1
+ syscall
+
+ cmp [.char_buffer], ' '
+ je .end
+ cmp [.char_buffer], $A
+ jne .read_alpha
+
+.end:
+ push .buffer
+ movzx rax, [.length]
+ push rax
+
+ mov rsi, [.rsi]
+ mov rax, [.rax]
+
+ next
+
+;; Takes a string (in the form of a pointer and a length on the stack) and
+;; prints it to standard output.
+TYPE:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ mov rbx, rsi
+ mov rcx, rax
+
+ mov rax, 1
+ mov rdi, 1
+ pop rdx ; Length
+ pop rsi ; Buffer
+ syscall
+
+ mov rax, rcx
+ mov rsi, rbx
+ next
+
+;; Exit the program cleanly.
+TERMINATE:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ mov rax, $3C
+ mov rdi, 0
+ syscall
+
+PUSH_HELLO_CHARS:
+ dq docol
+ dq LIT, $A
+ dq LIT, 'o'
+ dq LIT, 'l'
+ dq LIT, 'l'
+ dq LIT, 'e'
+ dq LIT, 'H'
+ dq EXIT
+
+PUSH_YOU_TYPED:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ push you_typed_string
+ push you_typed_string.length
+ next
+
+HELLO:
+ dq docol
+ dq LIT, 'H', EMIT
+ dq LIT, 'e', EMIT
+ dq LIT, 'l', EMIT
+ dq LIT, 'l', EMIT
+ dq LIT, 'o', EMIT
+ dq LIT, '!', EMIT
+ dq NEWLINE
+ dq EXIT
+
+MAIN:
+ dq docol
+ dq HELLO
+ dq READ_WORD
+ dq LIT, you_typed_string
+ dq LIT, you_typed_string.length
+ dq TYPE
+ dq TYPE
+ dq NEWLINE
+ dq HELLO
+ dq TERMINATE
+
+segment readable writable
- jmp $
+you_typed_string db 'You typed: '
+.length = $ - you_typed_string
-segment readable
+READ_WORD.rsi dq ?
+READ_WORD.rax dq ?
+READ_WORD.max_size = $FF
+READ_WORD.buffer rb READ_WORD.max_size
+READ_WORD.length db ?
+READ_WORD.char_buffer db ?
-message with_length 'Hello, world!',$A
+;; Return stack
+rq $2000
+return_stack_top: