SOAR Architecture

This document is the definition of the SOAR (Smalltalk on A RISC architecture and implementation, and is not meant to be the first exposure of a reader to SOAR, the RISC approach to architecture, or Smalltalk. This document makes several references to the Proceedings of CS29 Architectural Investigations Class, April 1983. The Proceedings'' first chapter was written by Milce Klein and Pete Foley and was the starting point for this document. Readers who are unfamiliar with Smalltalk and the RISC I architecture should not expect to understand everything in this document.