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ENGINE step 4 Phase 2 (plan docs/v4.0.0/plans/2026-11-13-engine-step4-phase2-word-accounts.md). Rulings, Captain Bob 2026-11-13: "ID field in the header"; "Per heartbeat tick"; the ACL "All of it in Phase 4". - The word ID, at xt-4 before the flags (ENGINE.md 3b). The system's words are numbered as they are assembled, by a new directive, #id, (and #ids, the count), in the C assembler (text.c) and in the machine ROM's (capsules/v4/rom), which counts in the system's own (NEXT-ID). (HEADER) numbers later words; FORGET gives back the IDs it frees, always the newest; COLD resets to (BOOT-ID); (SEAL) records it. All 313 system headers carry the cell. - The kernel's records (v4/mesh.h): (TELL-DEFINED) and (TELL-FORGOTTEN), requests -19/-20 on port 0, which the kernel puts in (WORD-DEFINED)/(WORD-FORGOTTEN) when it seals a node, and reads the system's own words once. A bit per address marks a word's xt (calls into the ROM or headerless code are not words); at call, the bit test and a count. v4_mesh_charge hands the owner the calls since. - The Stadium: stadium_words_charge -- N calls as N of stadium_word_dispatch's dispatches, shared by calls when the reservoir is short; sk_v4.c charges every node's words at the tick beside its opcodes, and stadium_word_forget before an ID is used again. - Tests first: test_text.c, test_host_dict.c, test_host_quit.c (numbering, FORGET, COLD), test_mesh_boot.c (44 checks), kernel/tests/test_stadium_words.c; qemu_session.py: Hera's words admitted after POST. - amd64: Stadium words: promotions=141 after POST, CONSERVED; POST 539/539; word_count=377; dict_hash 0xa854ba15b437d288 (the new cell); the boot 142 s against Phase 1's 153 s. - v4 test, test-32: all pass; v4-checks: 80 programs under the sanitizers, 0 failures; the hosted builds alike. docs/reference/v4-dictionary.tsv: the two new words; FABRIC-3 XLVIII.24. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017RzZgrf7V7Zk2iczBXDRbm
StarForth / LithosAnanke documentation — the map
Start here. This page says where each kind of document lives and which one to believe. Reorganised 2026-10-14 (the docs triage): one place for current reference, one archive for everything kept as record, and every superseded or abandoned document labelled as such in its own header.
- INDEX.md — every document in the repository, with its status.
- DEAD-AND-REVISED.md — the ideas that were abandoned, and the claims that were revised, each with the date and where the decision is recorded.
- DELETE-CANDIDATES.md — what was deleted as duplicate, and why (2026-10-14).
What to believe
| For | Authoritative | Where |
|---|---|---|
| How to work in this repo, and current status | .claude/CLAUDE.md |
repo root |
| What was decided, and why; work as it happened | the FABRIC record | fabric/ — FABRIC-3.md is the living one |
| StarForth v4 (the F18-derived engine) | the v4 design | v4.0.0/ and ../v4/README.md |
| Roadmap and release-versioning policy | ROADMAP.md |
reference/ |
| Getting onto the boards | the bring-up checklist | ../boards/BRINGUP.md |
| A word, a primitive, a term | the dictionaries and the ontology | reference/ |
| What the code does | the code, and its folder's README.md |
../kernel/, ../v3/, ../v4/ |
Where two documents disagree, the one higher in this table wins, and code wins over all.
Layout
- fabric/ — the design and work record, numbered in order.
FABRIC-3.md(bare-metal boot and everything since) is open; the others are closed:- FABRIC-0, -1 and -2 are history;
- FABRIC-3.5 and -3.6 are the Tripod/kernel reshuffle, still authoritative for what they ruled;
- FABRIC-3.7 (elevation) is closed as not needed;
- FABRIC-4 holds ideas caught early, not yet scoped.
- v4.0.0/ — StarForth v4: justification, engine, decomposition, nucleus, mesh,
parity with v3.
plans/holds the step plans, all executed. - reference/ — current reference material:
ROADMAP.md(roadmap and the ratified versioning policy);M7.1.md(init capsules and birth);word-acl/(the word-level ACL design);kernel-args/(the boot command line);hosted-acceptance-test/;DICTIONARY.mdandSTARFORTH_PRIMITIVES.md(the words);ONTOLOGY.md(the lexicon);L8_ADAPTIVE_CONFIG_TABLE.md.
- working/ — living material and the source for
formal/:architecture/(design notes and HOWTOs);experiments/(DoE designs and campaign data);papers/(academic sources, the system narrative, proposals);hardware/,specifications/andscratch/;archive/, which has four parts:historical/: finished work, kept as record;superseded/: replaced, and each file's header names what replaced it;dead/: abandoned or never adopted;- the older
legacy/,quality/,operations/,research/andsession-logs/.
- formal/ — the press-ready LaTeX tier (three volumes, books, standalone
reports). Governed by
formal/CLAUDE.md. - book/ — the LithosAnanke and StarForth book build.
- pptx/ — slide decks for different audiences.
- patent/ — provisional patent material. Legal hold: ask Captain Bob before
touching anything here (also
formal/patent/,formal/scraps/legal/,working/legal/).
Adding a document
- Draft in
working/; promote toformal/when it is ready to be cited (formal/CLAUDE.md). Reference material that describes the system as it is goes inreference/. - When a document is overtaken, do not delete it:
git mvit intoworking/archive/superseded/ordead/with a header saying why and what replaces it, and add a line toDEAD-AND-REVISED.md. - Rules for documentation work: CLAUDE.md.