Exercise 10.1 To understand how the abstract machine and the… Exercise 10.1 To understand how the abstract machine and the garbage collector work and how they collaborate, answer these questions: (i) Write 3-10 line descriptions of how the abstract machine executes each of the following instructions: ADD, which adds two integers. CSTI i, which pushes integer constant i. NIL, which pushes a nil reference. What is the difference between NIL and CSTI 0? IFZERO, which tests whether an integer is zero, or a reference is nil. CONS CAR SETCAR (ii) Describe the result of applying each C macro Length, Color and Paint from Sect. 10.7.4 to a block header ttttttttnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngg, that is, a 32-bit word, as described in the source code comments. (iii) When does the abstract machine, or more precisely, its instruction interpretation loop, call the allocate(…) function? Is there any other interaction between the abstract machine (also called the mutator) and the garbage collector? (iv) In what situation will the garbage collector’s collect(…) function be called?Engineering & Technology Computer Science COMPUTER S 45
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