Re: What's the spec for emacs lisp virtual machine ?

[Chong Yidong]

Fren Zeee <address@hidden> writes:

> I have looked at some header and C files on the savannah site, not this one.
>
> I am waiting for a reply from the group and RMS on the earliest
> sources which were probably smaller also, like 13 to 16.56 which might
> be simpler for this newbie.
>
> What type of scanner does the Lisp parser and interpreter use ? Is it
> listed ? Is there a FSM state transition table drawn ?

>From Emacs, do

  `C-h f read'
  `C-h f eval'

and follow the sources.  I don't think it's profitable to look at early
versions of Emacs; that's a wild goose chase.  The fact that the sources
are bigger now than in earlier versions is irrelevant, if you're only
going to be looking at the Lisp reader and interpreter.