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24 lines
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Creole is a bytecode designed for simple implementations.
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## Bytecode Format
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Each creole line consists of pseudo-UTF-8 characters. The first byte
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is an unsigned number between 0 and 127 (the high bit is clear). Each
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suceeding pseudo-UTF-8 character is encoded as follows:
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* `110xxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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* `1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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* `11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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* `111110xx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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* `1111110x 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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* `11111110 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx`
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The first four bytes determine the type:
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* `0`: Value is a register.
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* `1`: Value is immediate.
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All other values are reserved. Overlong values are allowed, and for some
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argument values they are necessary. All lines are terminated by a byte
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of all zeros.
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