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MIXVM(1) BSD General Commands Manual MIXVM(1)

NAME

mixvm — the MIX virtual machine simulator

SYNOPSIS

mixvm [−d | −-dump] [−e | −-emacs] [−q | −-noinit] [−r | −-run] [−t | −-time] [MIX_FILE]
mixvm [−h | −-help] [−u | −-usage] [−v | −-version]

DESCRIPTION

The mixvm utility is a text-mode simulator for the MIX virtual machine. The MIX is Donald Knuth’s mythical computer, described in the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming, which is programmed using MIXAL, the MIX assembly language.

ENVIRONMENT

The operation of the mixvm utility is not affected by its environment.

EXIT STATUS

The mixvm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Run the MIX virtual machine in interactive mode:

mixvm

Load a MIXAL program and run it in the MIX virtual machine:

mixvm -r hello.mix

SEE ALSO

gmixvm(1), mixasm(1), mixguile(1)

STANDARDS

No standards documentation was harmed in the process of creating mixvm.

AUTHOR

The mixvm utility was developed by Jose A. Ortega Ruiz, Pieter E. J. Pareit, Philip E. King, Michael Scholz and Sergey Poznyakoff. This manual page was written by Peter Pentchev 〈 roam AT ringlet DOT net〉 for the Debian Project.

BSD February 15, 2011 BSD