[rambligns + www tom@zwizwa.be**20080614121808] hunk ./doc/ramblings.txt 29817 -ALL ASM + MACHINE CODE IS STORED IN REVERSED LISTS -this makes the 'append' operation more efficient + In the code base, whenever assembly code, binary code, or word + structures appear in a list, it is REVERSE SORTED. This is easier + from the point of compilation. + + Code ANALYSIS needs the reverse of that: code is linked in the + direction of instruction flow. This is how words are internally + linked: given a target word (entry point) it's inline fallthrough + can be easily obtained using 'target-chain->list', which again + returns reversed list. hunk ./target/rep.ss 66 -;; unlinks a word into a (reverse) list of words. +;; unlinks a word into a list of words in compilation order (reversed, +;; so it can act as an 'append' list). hunk ./www/catkit/index.html 4 -[goto10]