The Transterpreter: A Transputer Interpreter

This paper reports on the Transterpreter: a virtual machine for executing the Transputer instruction set. This interpreter is a small, portable, efficient and ex- tensible run-time. It is intended to be easily ported to handheld computers, mobile phones, and other embedded contexts. In striving for this level of portability, occam programs compiled to Transputer byte-code can currently be run on desktop comput- ers, handhelds, and even the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kit.

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