Not much to say, just wanted to note that I've finished the disassembler (aside from a few obscure instructions I haven't added yet).

This gives us five major tools for working with Epoch:

1. The Fugue virtual machine


2. EpochASM assembly language for the VM


3. Compiler that translates raw syntax into EpochASM


4. Assembler that converts EpochASM to binary


5. Disassembler that regenerates EpochASM from binary

One last big hurdle remains, which is implementing the ability to directly execute binary from the VM, rather than just source code. Once this is in place, it should be pretty straightforward to generate EXEs.

Release 5 is slated for soon after I get EXE generation working. R5 will mark the first release of Epoch that is fully suitable for writing standalone programs that can be distributed easily.

After R5 my big goal is to start working on the IDE. For now I'm actually going to leave text editing alone and focus on the toolchain; so the IDE will start out as primarily a graphical way to interact with the VM, execute code, and so on. Of course the IDE will tap the features of the new assembler/disassembler as well.

Code editing with all the trappings of syntax highlighting, statement completion, et. al. will come later on. Preferably, that stuff will also be written by someone else [wink]