The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX: A RISC Computer for the New Millennium

To begin the fourth and later volumes of the set, and to update parts of the existing three, Knuth has created a series of small books called fascicles, which will be published t regular intervals. Each fascicle will encompass a section or more of wholly new or evised material. Ultimately, the content of these fascicles will be rolled up into the comprehensive, final versions of each volume, and the enormous undertaking that began in 1962 will be complete.Volume 1, Fascicle 1

This first fascicle updates The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Third Edition: Fundamental Algorithms, and ultimately will become part of the fourth edition of that book. Specifically, it provides a programmer's introduction to the long-awaited MMIX, a RISC-based computer that replaces the original MIX, and describes the MMIX assembly language. The fascicle also presents new material on subroutines, coroutines, and interpretive routines.

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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts 1

1.3' MMIX 2

1.3.1' Description of MMIX 2

1.3.2' The MMIX Assembly Language 28

1.3.3' Applications to Permutations 51

1.4' Some Fundamental Programming Techniques 52

1.4.1' Subroutines 52

1.4.2' Coroutines 66

1.4.3' Interpretive Routines 73

Answers to Exercises 94

Index and Glossary 127