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+# L'anglais
+
+The purpose of this project is to learn how to
+make a virtual machine for interpreting generated
+bytecode for improved performance. Hopefully, this
+will apply to making virtual machines/emulators
+for real processors
+
+## Programming language
+
+The programming language should be compiled, so
+the performance is not massively impacted.
+
+For example:
+- Go
+- Rust
+- C++ (already used)
+- js + bun
+- zig
+
+I would like to use a language i know, and
+preferably strongly typed. Rust has a great
+compiler with warnings, but at the same time, it
+would be nice to try out go for once.
+
+
+## Components
+
+The application would need a lexer, to process the
+grammar into tokens. 
+
+Afterwards, the tokens need to be parsed. The type
+of parser doesn't matter, but it may be nice to
+try out an LR parser. The parser needs to generate
+bytecode for the vm.
+
+The vm, as my first, will be stack-based. It
+should go through the generated bytecode and
+execute it step by step. There should be support
+for functions  using "jump" instructions.
+
+## Grammar
+
+The programming language should have a specified
+grammar. The grammar will be found as examples in
+./examples/.
+