MIXVM(1)

📦 version 1.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MIXVM(1) — the group chat edition 💖

okay bestie, listen. this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and the manual page is literally called MIXVM(1), but the star of the show inside it is mixguile. yes the name mismatch is giving chaos, we don't question it, we just vibe. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

mixguile — your Guile interface to the MIX virtual machine simulator. that's it, that's the whole identity. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mixguile

no flags. no args. no drama. she just is. 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so mixguile is a Guile shell that has a whole simulator for the MIX virtual machine living inside it. like, a shell with a whole computer in its pocket. main character energy fr fr. 🔥

and who is MIX, you ask? bestie. MIX is Donald Knuth's mythical computer, described in the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming. iconic lineage, no cap. 📚

and how do you talk to this mythical computer? with MIXAL, the MIX assembly language. that's the whole language. that's the whole vibe. ✨

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

nothing. not a single environment variable. the operation of the mixguile utility is not affected by its environment. she is unbothered, moisturized, in her lane. 🙈

💜 EXIT STATUS 💜

  • 0 — success, slay, we ate, everything worked
  • >0 — an error occurred, we are unwell, it's giving tragedy 😭

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

run the MIX virtual machine under a Guile shell:

mixguile

that's it. that's the example. one line and she's already serving. ⭐

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read these too, iykyk:

🍓 STANDARDS 🍓

no standards documentation was harmed in the process of creating mixguile. and honestly? we love that for everyone involved. 💖

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

the mixguile utility was developed by Jose A. Ortega Ruiz, Pieter E. J. Pareit, Philip E. King, Michael Scholz and Sergey Poznyakoff. absolute legends, the whole squad. 👑

and this manual page was written by Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> for the Debian Project. ty for your service bestie 🫡

and that's the whole page!! this came to you from Debian, dated February 15, 2011. old but gold, periodt. 💅✨

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