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This is another proof that Vim is perfectly compatible with Vi.
The URM macro package was written by Rudolf Koenig ("Rudi")
(rudolf@koeniglich.de) for hpux-vi in August 1991.
Getting started:
type
in your shell: vim urm<RETURN>
in vim: :so urm.vim<RETURN>
in vim: * (to load the registers and boot the URM-machine :-)
in vim: g (for 'go') and watch the fun. Per default, 3 and 4
are multiplied. Watch the Program counter, it is
visible as a komma moving around.
This is a "standard URM" (Universal register machine) interpreter. The URM
concept is used in theoretical computer science to aid in theorem proving.
Here it proves that vim is a general problem solver (if you bring enough
patience).
The interpreter begins with register 1 (not 0), without macros and more-lines
capability. A dot marks the end of a program. (Bug: there must be a space
after the dot.)
The registers are the first few lines, beginning with a '>' .
The program is the first line after the registers.
You should always initialize the registers required by the program.
Output register: line 2
Input registers: line 2 to ...
Commands:
a<n> increment register <n>
s<n> decrement register <n>
<x>;<y> execute command <x> and then <y>
(<x>)<n> execute command <x> while register <n> is nonzero
. ("dot blank") halt the machine.
Examples:
Add register 2 to register 3:
(a2;s3)3.
Multiply register 2 with register 3:
(a4;a5;s2)2; ((a2;s4)4; s3; (a1;a4;s5)5; (a5;s1)1)3.
There are more (complicated) examples in the file examples.
Note, undo may take a while after a division.