+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
+
+;; BRANCH is the fundamental mechanism for branching. BRANCH reads the next word
+;; as a signed integer literal and jumps by that offset.
+BRANCH:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ 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
+
+;; 0BRANCH is like BRANCH, but it jumps only if the top of the stack is zero.
+ZBRANCH:
+ dq .start
+.start:
+ ;; Compare top of stack to see if we should branch
+ pop rax
+ cmp rax, 0
+ jnz .dont_branch
+.do_branch:
+ jmp BRANCH.start
+.dont_branch:
+ add rsi, 8 ; We need to skip over the next word, which contains the offset.
+ next