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An emulator for the e-machine
Michael Leigh Birch
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The design of a virtual computer, called the E-machine, that was developed as the first component of a project to develop a comprehensive program animation environment for teaching and learning programming and other concepts fundamental to computer science is presented.Abstract:
In the Master’s thesis, "The E-machine: Supporting the Teaching of Program Execution Dynamics", Samuel D. Patton, presented the design of a virtual computer, called the E-machine, that was developed as the first component of a project to develop a comprehensive program animation environment for teaching and learning programming and other concepts fundamental to computer science. To support program animation activities in an easy and natural fashion, the E-machine has many unique features, including the capability of reverse execution. This thesis represents the next step in the program animation project. The E-machine is refined and an E-machine emulator is presented. The emulator is written in standard C and should thus be portable to many different computer types.read more
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