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Chapter 5: Designing Register Machines

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Learning objectives​

  • Explain the main ideas and vocabulary in Designing Register Machines.
  • Work through the source examples for Designing Register Machines without depending on raw chunk order.
  • Use Designing Register Machines as selective reference when learner modules point back to Sicp.

Prerequisites​

  • Earlier prerequisite concepts leading into Chapter 5: Designing Register Machines.

Module targets​

  • module-05-abstraction-interpretation

AI companion modes​

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Source-of-truth note​

This unit is anchored to Sicp and the source chapter "Chapter 5: Designing Register Machines". Use external resources only to clarify, extend, or modernize details without replacing the chapter's conceptual spine.

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Source provenance​

  • Primary source: Sicp
  • Source chapter 05: Chapter 5: Designing Register Machines
  • Raw source file: 141-5-1-designing-register-machines.md
  • Raw source file: 142-5-1-1-a-language-for-describing-register-machines.md
  • Raw source file: 143-5-1-2-abstraction-in-machine-design.md
  • Raw source file: 144-5-1-3-subroutines.md
  • Raw source file: 145-5-1-4-using-a-stack-to-implement-recursion.md
  • Raw source file: 147-5-2-a-register-machine-simulator.md
  • Raw source file: 148-5-2-1-the-machine-model.md
  • Raw source file: 149-5-2-2-the-assembler.md
  • Raw source file: 150-5-2-3-generating-execution-procedures.md
  • Raw source file: 151-5-2-4-monitoring-machine-performance.md
  • Raw source file: 152-5-3-storage-allocation-and-garbage-collection.md
  • Raw source file: 153-5-3-1-memory-as-vectors.md
  • Raw source file: 154-5-3-2-maintaining-the-illusion-of-infinite-memory.md
  • Raw source file: 155-5-3-2-maintaining-the-illusion-of-infinite-memory-part-2.md
  • Raw source file: 156-5-4-the-explicit-control-evaluator.md
  • Raw source file: 157-5-4-1-the-core-of-the-explicit-control-evaluator.md
  • Raw source file: 158-5-4-2-sequence-evaluation-and-tail-recursion.md
  • Raw source file: 159-5-4-4-running-the-evaluator.md
  • Raw source file: 160-5-4-4-running-the-evaluator-part-2.md
  • Raw source file: 161-5-5-compilation.md
  • Raw source file: 162-5-5-1-structure-of-the-compiler.md
  • Raw source file: 163-5-5-2-compiling-expressions.md
  • Raw source file: 164-5-5-3-compiling-combinations.md
  • Raw source file: 165-5-5-3-compiling-combinations-part-2.md
  • Raw source file: 166-5-5-4-combining-instruction-sequences.md
  • Raw source file: 167-5-5-5-an-example-of-compiled-code.md
  • Raw source file: 168-5-5-5-an-example-of-compiled-code-part-2.md
  • Raw source file: 169-5-5-6-lexical-addressing.md
  • Raw source file: 170-5-5-6-lexical-addressing-part-2.md
  • Raw source file: 171-5-5-7-interfacing-compiled-code-to-the-evaluator.md
  • Raw source file: 172-5-5-7-interfacing-compiled-code-to-the-evaluator-part-2.md

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