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First code for StarForth v4 (JUSTIFICATION.md section 10, step 1): one node of the 32-instruction core as a C99 model, with cell width as a build parameter. - Node: P, A, B, F18 circular stacks (10 and 9 deep, D-2), word-addressed memory (D-1), 5% guard bands on every bounded list. - Instruction word: six 5-bit slots in 32 bits at every cell width. - Executor: all 32 opcodes of DECOMPOSITION.md 1.3. Cell arithmetic wraps explicitly; no signed overflow or implementation-defined shift. - Heat: per-opcode and per-call-target counters and the anti-clock, driven by instruction retirement (1.4, D-6 interim). - Slot packer and runner for tests, and a reference unsigned multiply in plain C99 with no 128-bit type. Tests run at 32- and 64-bit cells, and under ASan and UBSan. They cover every opcode and execute the first section 4 definitions (NIP SWAP OR NEGATE ROT 0< 0= 2DUP - U<) against the C operation each stands for. UM* as written in section 4 is exact only while u1 <= 2^(n-2). Two known failing cases are pinned in test_foundation.c until it is rewritten. DECOMPOSITION.md: record D-9, the instruction word is 32 bits at every cell width (ruled 2026-10-02). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
StarForth / LithosAnanke Documentation
This is the lithosananke branch: the bare-metal StarKernel side of the project
(contrast master, which is the hosted-VM-only side). Documentation follows the
two-tier model described in docs/CLAUDE.md: formal/ is the polished,
citable LaTeX tier; working/ is living design notes and drafts that feed it.
Everything else in this directory is branch- or subsystem-specific material that
doesn't fit either tier.
Layout
- formal/ — Three-volume LaTeX documentation set (research volumes,
practitioner books, standalone reports) plus the
scraps/fragment library it's assembled from. Audience: patent counsel, SSRN reviewers, licensees, hobbyists with hardware in hand. Seeformal/CLAUDE.mdfor authoring conventions. - working/ — Living documents: architecture design notes, DoE
experiment logs, hardware/platform notes, draft specs, academic-paper source
material, and an archive of superseded docs. Source material for
formal/. - 03-architecture/ — Tripod VM architecture constraints (Hera/Hermes/Artemis) and the word-level ACL system design.
- lithosananke/ — LithosAnanke kernel branch documentation: milestone roadmap, system architecture, HAL reference, kernel command-line argument design, and the amd64 APIC-timer ISR postmortem.
- birthing/ — VM birthing plan and status for the Hera-spawns- Hermes/Artemis constellation, plus three-architecture QEMU acceptance logs.
- patent/ — Provisional patent application source. Legal hold — ask Bob before touching anything in this directory.
- api/ — Generated Doxygen tag file and warnings log (gitignored; not part of the tracked doc tree).
- pptx/ — Elevator-pitch and deep-dive slide decks for different audiences (technical, non-technical, academic, PhD-level).
Current Active Work
- LithosAnanke M7/M7.1 — VM parity validation and init capsule architecture.
See
lithosananke/README.mdandlithosananke/M7.1.md. - Word-level ACL system — Phase 6 complete on
master; Phase 7 (LithosAnanke parity) is the next step. See03-architecture/word-acl/README.md. - Tripod VMs — Hera (governor), Hermes (messenger), Artemis (memory/block
storage). See
03-architecture/tripod/README.mdandbirthing/.
Contributing
- Place new material in
working/first; promote toformal/only when it's ready to be cited (seeformal/CLAUDE.mdfor promotion criteria). - Never touch
patent/,formal/patent/,formal/scraps/legal/, orworking/legal/without Bob's explicit instruction. - Add a
README.mdto any new category-level subdirectory, following the format used throughout this tree: orientation paragraph + bullet list of real files with one-line descriptions.