Phil Eaton • 5/21/2019

Writing an x86 emulator from scratch in JavaScript: 1. a stack and register machine

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This article details the first steps in creating an x86 emulator from scratch using JavaScript. It explains the core components of a virtual machine, including 64-bit registers, a byte-based stack, and the implementation of fundamental instructions like MOV, ADD, PUSH, POP, CALL, and RET for running simple compiled C programs.

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