Missing opcodes and development status

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Per Liedman

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Jan 18, 2009, 3:15:12 PM1/18/09
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Hi,
I discovered the zvm project today, while I was looking for a Python
implementation of the Z-machine.

From what I've seen, it looks very promising, although lots of stuff
currently seems to be unimplemented. I've implemented a few missing
opcodes, but before I do too much work, I just wanted to check if
someone else is currently doing development, so I don't duplicate
anyones work (and since I just began looking at the zvm, I'm also far
more likely to introduce bugs and inefficiencies than someone already
familiar with the codebase).

On the other hand, if no one is currently working on zvm, I'd be happy
to contribute any progress I make back to the project.

Best regards,
Per Liedman

Ben Collins-Sussman

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Jan 18, 2009, 6:51:06 PM1/18/09
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Welcome, it would be wonderful to have some help! There have been 3
of us working, but it's sort of a "once every several months" thing
for us -- we work for a couple of weeks, then forget about it for
months, then remember it again. We'd love to see your patch!

Basically, we've been trying to execute 'curses.z5' -- everytime we
hit an unimplmented opcode, we stop an implement it. :-)

I can't remember how far we've gotten, but we were basically blocking
on some UI stuff that Atul was working on, I think.
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