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Design a bytecode interpreter and its dispatch loop v1.0.0

Use this resource to design a bytecode interpreter for a scripting language

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install bytecode-interpreter-design

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent helps choose the dispatch loop, switch, computed goto or threaded code, structure a stack-based or register-based VM and weigh performance trade-offs. It also shows the basics of a simple JIT built with mmap and mprotect.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: dispatch loops, stack and register VMs and trade-offs
  • references/benchmarks.md: performance comparisons of the approaches

Good fit for

  • You are implementing a scripting language runtime in C or C++
  • Your interpreter is slow and you are unsure which dispatch loop to use

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    Tags

    • interpreter
    • bytecode
    • vm
    • language

    About

    You say

    “Write the dispatch loop of my stack VM with computed goto and compare it with a switch.”

    Card for the “Design a bytecode interpreter and its dispatch loop” skill

    Skill published by mohitmishra786 under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to design a bytecode interpreter for a scripting language
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/benchmarks.md2.4 KB
    • SKILL.md7.4 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    mohitmishra786
    Source
    github.com/mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills/tree/bdc58472fa9f309ed1b3f7d985a0d8e9bd8f4608/skills/low-level-programming/interpreters
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « interpreters » (mohitmishra786, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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