Building a Simple Stack-Based Virtual Machine in Go
Posted by darkripper214@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 4 comments
I’ve been experimenting with building a minimal stack-based virtual machine in Go, inspired by WebAssembly and the EVM.
It handles compiled bytecode, basic arithmetic, and simple execution flow. Wrote up the process here
thegunn@reddit
This is pretty cool. Did you do this just to learn or do you have some long term plans for it?
darkripper214@reddit (OP)
It’s a mix of personal interest and a chance to apply some of the OS concepts I picked up during my grad courses.
Not much of a long term plan for now as i have quite a few interests that i want to explore (ie Databases, Rust, Web3)
techlatest_net@reddit
This is an impressive initiative! Building a stack-based virtual machine from scratch is a great way to deepen your understanding of low-level operations and execution flows. Since you’re working in Go and drawing inspiration from WebAssembly and the EVM, you might want to consider extending it with features like dynamic memory allocation and stack inspection for debugging. Such implementations can add flexibility and transparency to your stack machine. Have you considered how you’ll handle error states or jumps in your bytecode? Those can be nifty challenges to tackle. I’d love to check out your write-up!
TheAlaskanMailman@reddit
Sounds pretty interesting, will give it a read