= wilson
* http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb
== DESCRIPTION:
Wilson is a pure ruby x86 assembler. No, really. Worst Idea Evar.
Why "wilson"? I wanted to name it "metal", but there is an existing
project with that name... So I'm naming it after Wilson Bilkovich, who
is about as metal as you can get (and it is easier to spell than
"bilkovich", even tho that sounds more metal).
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
* Generates x86 machine code directly. No dependencies. No system calls.
* Registers ruby methods with #defasm, or run inline assembly with #asm.
* Terrible, yet, awesome.
== SYNOPSIS:
class X
defasm :superfast_meaning_of_life do
eax.mov 42
to_ruby eax # ruby fixnums = (n << 1) + 1
end
def inline_asm_example
n = 1000
asm :count_to_n do
eax.xor eax
count = self.label
eax.inc
eax.cmp n
jne count
to_ruby eax
end
end
end
p X.new.superfast_meaning_of_life # => 42
p X.new.inline_asm_example # => 1000
== REQUIREMENTS:
* rubygems
== INSTALL:
* sudo gem install wilson
== LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Ryan Davis, Seattle.rb
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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