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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/0/0-value.md | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/0/1-parse.md | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/0/index.md | 4 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/0/0-value.md b/doc/0/0-value.md index 4bb7e0c..16e1a58 100644 --- a/doc/0/0-value.md +++ b/doc/0/0-value.md @@ -166,21 +166,21 @@ with small payload values here: There is room for over 268 Million 16-bit types The final 51-bit range is used for various internal purposes by the Zisp interpreter, mostly related to transparent code optimization. - 000 :: Pointer to heap object as constant + 000 :: Pointer to heap object as constant - 001 :: Pointer to list values as constant + 001 :: Pointer to list values as constant - 010 :: Pointer to istr object as constant + 010 :: Pointer to istr object as constant - 011 :: Immediate short string as constant + 011 :: Immediate short string as constant - 100 :: Local variable reference by index + 100 :: Local variable reference by index - 101 :: Pointer to constant function-call expression + 101 :: Pointer to constant function-call expression - 110 :: Pointer to variable function-call expression + 110 :: Pointer to variable function-call expression - 111 :: Pointer to special-form or macro-call expression + 111 :: Pointer to special-form or macro-call expression Forbidden Value #4, Positive Infinity, is avoided thanks to the fact that heap pointers always have a non-zero heap-type tag. (See further above.) diff --git a/doc/0/1-parse.md b/doc/0/1-parse.md index 101a3b6..32ffa2f 100644 --- a/doc/0/1-parse.md +++ b/doc/0/1-parse.md @@ -260,14 +260,14 @@ the parser to generate a list with the structure: (#PQSTR <STRING>) ;; <STRING> is visual aid, not syntax The decoder, using default settings, would emit this string verbatim as a value. -Then, during code evaluation, this would be seen as an identifier. In this way, +Then, during code execution, this would be seen as an identifier. In this way, pipe-quoted strings are equivalent to bare strings in functionality. It is important to understand that the decoder sits between the parser and the -[evaluator](3-eval.html), and in opposition to Lisp and Scheme tradition, it is -common for the evaluator to receive values that are not valid as a datum; here, -a string unto itself that may not be a valid datum. Yet, it is valid as an -identifier for the purposes of the evaluator. +[interpreter](3-execute.html), and in opposition to Lisp and Scheme tradition, +it is common for the interpreter to receive values that are not valid as data; +here, a string unto itself that may not be a valid datum. Yet, it is valid as +an identifier value for the purposes of the interpreter. ### Double-quoted @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ Notes: * Syntax sugar can combine arbitrarily. Some examples follow. Any of these may or may not actually have a meaning in code; some might simply end up producing - an error during decoding, or later evaluation of code. + an error during decoding, or later execution, of code. #{...} -> (#HASH (#BRACE ...)) diff --git a/doc/0/index.md b/doc/0/index.md index f0da216..844729c 100644 --- a/doc/0/index.md +++ b/doc/0/index.md @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ compiling code. over data received from the parser, enriching it with more complex value types, and handling primitive source code transforms. -3. [Eval](3-eval.html) +3. [Execute](3-execute.html) - Code is evaluated within a mutable module context, on which it can + Code is executed within a mutable module context, on which it can have side effects such as creating new definitions or establishing links to other modules. |