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MESH.md step 1, in the engine, which knows nothing of StarForth or of any kernel. - node: V4_PORTS ports (8), a build parameter; "any port" and the port the last such read came from; a read blocks until the neighbour writes, as a write blocks until the neighbour reads; v4_node_born: empty, P at "any port" - exec: a fetch from a port -- @ @b @+ @p, or of an instruction word when P is a port -- waits for a word; a node executes what arrives at a port without advancing P; a blocked node goes on from the slot it stopped at - fabric: the nodes there are and the table of how their ports are wired, both changed while the nodes run; devices on a port; asleep and awake; a step is every unblocked node executing one instruction word, then every write with a reader waiting being handed over - DECOMPOSITION.md section 6: four named ports withdrawn for V4_PORTS numbered ones and wiring as data, as ruled Verified: tests/test_fabric.c, 53 checks at both widths: two nodes exchange words; an empty node is filled through its port by a device, and by another node, and runs what it was sent; a word is passed on by a node in between; a waiting node executes nothing; the wiring is changed while they run; a node is put to sleep, woken and removed while looping; a node is born while others run; the fabric is given more room. make -C v4 test and make -C v4 sanitize pass. The single-node products are unchanged: hosted-check on three ISAs, and clean qemu with STARFORTH_V4=1 on amd64, aarch64 and riscv64 with lines typed at each prompt (logs/20261006-074907, -075150, -075532). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
workload-0.4th … workload-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/03-architecture/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root