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## Syntax tree
Vool is the layer of concrete syntax tree. The Parser gem is used to parse ruby. It creates
an abstract syntax tree which is then transformed.
Vool is a layer with concrete syntax tree, just like the ruby layer above.
Vool is just simplified, without fluff, see below.
The next layer down is the Mom, Minimal object Machine, which uses an instruction tree.
That is on the way down we create instructions, but stays in tree format. Only the next step
down to the Risc layer moves to an instruction stream.
The next layer down is the Mom, Minimal object Machine, which uses an instruction list.
The nodes of the syntax tree are all the things one would expect from a language, if statements
and the like. There is no context yet, and actual objects, representing classes and
methods, will be created on the way down.
The nodes of the syntax tree are all the things one would expect from a language,
if statements and the like. There is no context yet, and actual objects,
representing classes and methods, will be created on the way down.
## Fluff
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- no case
- no elseif (no unless, no ternary operator)
- no global variables.
## Parfait objects
The compilation process ends up creating (parfait) objects to represent
things like classes, types and constants. This is done in this layer,
on the way down to MOM (ie not during init)