作者：Bill Blunden
出版日期：February 2002
出版社：其它
页数：668
ISBN：1556229038
文件格式：PDF

Withthe emergence of multiplatform production systems and network-centriccomputing, the software industry has witnessed the resurgence of thevirtual machine. Rather than committing to any single operating system,software engineers have embraced platform-neutral development tools andrun-time environments. Virtual Machine Design and Implementation inC/C++ provides an in-depth look at the construction and underlyingtheory of a fully functional virtual machine and an entire suite ofrelated development tools.The book begins with a discussion of thetheoretical underpinnings of the author’s HEC virtual machine and itsfundamental design goals, and continues with a section on theimplementation of the virtual machine and its debugger. The finalsection focuses on the HEC assembler, including its interface to thenative operating system, interrupts, the assembly language, and how toimplement object-oriented constructs. There is also an extendeddiscussion of porting the HEC virtual machine to other platforms. Toassist in accomplishing this goal, the author offers a critical pathanalysis of the development process so that readers can build boththeir own virtual machine and an entire operating system.
The companion CD contains the source code for both the Win32 andLinux ports of the HEC distribution, including the HEC virtual machine,assembler, debugger, and associated development utilities.