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diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/DESIGN.txt b/starts/meaning-vm/DESIGN.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..299acb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/starts/meaning-vm/DESIGN.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The codebase is made in levels. +Ideally each level defines a complete API to the underworkings. +Higher levels include greater degrees of meaning. + +# LEVEL 0 +Level 0 defines an interconnected network of concept references in memory. +Each concept has a unique address, and a list of concept pairs it links to. +The first of the pair represents the type of the link, and the second the target. +Concepts may not be deallocated unless nothing links to them. +A special kind of concept is the value, which holds arbitrary data alongside itself. |