Welcome to VAM - Visualisation of Abstract Machines

Master's Thesis by Dr. Peter Ziewer https://www2.in.tum.de/repos/vam/Diplomarbeit.pdf

Short Description

1. Download recent version 2.05 of vam.zip from https://www2.in.tum.de/repos/vam/vam.zip

2. Unpack Zip archive containing

   * vam.jar : Java classes and sources
   * examples: example programs for various machines

3. Start: * java.bat (Windows) or * java.sh (Linux) or * java -jar vam.jar

4. Select machine (optional): * selection of machine is automatically deduced from the file extension or * manually selection through menue "VAM -> Select Machine"

5. Select program: * "Program" button or * menue "VAM -> Open Program ..."

X. Download sources with GIT: [ https://versioncontrolseidl.in.tum.de/staff/vam ]

Known Bugs

  The move-instruction of the CMA/CMM does not work properly due to a bug in the new memory management.

  Workaround: Activate the old memory management by starting the VAM system with the option -stackbound 0.

  Command (e.g., in bat/sh-file): java -jar vam.jar -stackbound 0.