rajamesandClaude Opus 5.5
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word.f18: (NEXT-TOKEN) reads the console or a macro being expanded; labels, branches by name (a label of the word, or a word, now or later), the table of branches waiting, end of word, FOR/NEXT/UNEXT, macros, &NAME, CONST+N, and (ONE), which dispatches a token. A forward branch to a name not yet defined waits on a placeholder symbol, filled in by (DEFINE). dir.f18: constant set here #, ", store, and start, which resolves, clears the tables the ROM used and runs the word it names. main.f18: the ROM itself, entry 12; on an error it stops at (ROM-FAILED) with the code and line in its state, for the loader to report. sym.f18 generalized: any counted string, placeholders, a hash of only a name's own cells. test_host_rom_asm.c gives test_text.c's own texts (accepted and refused), its four real definitions and the ROM's directives to text.c and to the ROM: the same words, the same errors on the same lines, at both widths. The ROM is 2036 words. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
workload-0.4th … workload-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/reference/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root