sim/example-synacor/README

   1 = OVERVIEW =
   2
   3 The Synacor Challenge is a fun programming exercise with a number of puzzles
   4 built into it.  You can find more details about it here:
   5 https://challenge.synacor.com/
   6
   7 The first puzzle is writing an interpreter for their custom ISA.  This is a
   8 simulator for that custom CPU.  The CPU is quite basic: it's 16-bit with only
   9 8 registers and a limited set of instructions.  This means the port will never
  10 grow new features.  See README.arch-spec for more details.
  11
  12 Implementing it here ends up being quite useful: it acts as a simple constrained
  13 "real world" example for people who want to implement a new simulator for their
  14 own architecture.  We demonstrate all the basic fundamentals (registers, memory,
  15 branches, and tracing) that all ports should have.