Design and Implementation of Virtual Machines

Author: Bill Blunden
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The author of this book was once a physicist, so he has a solid and rigorous theoretical foundation in the field of computer science. Starting from his own practical experience, he adopts the SOP method (Proposition—Proof—Example) from mathematics to explain the three main parts of the book in an easy-to-understand manner: Overview, HEC Virtual Machine, and HEC Assembly Language. The book describes the design goals of the virtual machine, the HEC virtual machine, the HEC assembler, the HEC debugger, HEC interrupts, and the usage of HEC assembly language in sequence, and compares the implementation of the HEC virtual machine on Windows and UNIX. This book is a comprehensive and detailed guide to virtual machines and their full set of development tools. It can help system engineers reduce their reliance on computer hardware manufacturers and is also suitable for students learning the principles of computer operation. It is an invaluable book in the field of virtual machines.