+;; 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
+
+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
+
+EMIT:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ pushr rsi
+ pushr rax