Abstract With the increasing popularity of interpreted languages, primarily scripted languages - e.g. PERL, Python, Tel/Tk, and the use of these languages in creating major applications, the efficiency of the interpreter is becoming increasingly important. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of creating a virtual machine that is register-based rather than traditional stack-based virtual machines. We believe that a register-based virtual machine, while harder to create, should improve...

Abstract There exist numerous methods and a plethora of languages for controlling software and physical agents. This is a very important endeavor because by using intelligent agents, it could potentially free humans from boring, repetitive tasks, or from dangerous activities. Coupled with this, is one of the most significant goals in Computer Science: the creation of autonomous, intelligent agents. This implies that the intelligent agents possess some potential for learning. The learning...