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2026-08-14 11:28:08 +00:00 · 2026-08-07 10:01:20 -04:00 · 2026-08-07 01:32:51 -04:00 · 2026-08-07 01:08:26 -04:00 · 2026-08-07 01:06:57 -04:00 · 2026-08-06 21:10:04 -04:00
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+code/8086/*   linguist-language=C
+code/duffle/* linguist-language=C
+code/part_1/* linguist-language=C
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build
+course_content
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Computer Enhance: Performance Aware Programming Course
+
+Progressing with company team.
+
+Disable latency of submodules:
+
+```ps1
+git -C . config --local diff.ignoreSubmodules all
+git -C . config --local status.submoduleSummary false
+git -C . config --local submodule.recurse false
+```
+
+## Gallery
+
+Part 1: File read!
+![Part 1: File read!](./docs/assets/raddbg_2026-08-07_01-06-36.png)
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ Sandbox:  Windows 11 (for now)
 Compiler: clang
 Standard: c11
 ```
+
+Scrapped togther stuff from several repos and studies.
+
+Some of my favorite C code:
+
+```txt
+stb
+gb or zpl
+raddebugger
+```
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
 #else
 	#define assert(cond)
 #endif
+
+#define trap() __builtin_trap()
+
+#define assert_always(x) do { if((x) == false) {trap();} } while(0)
 #pragma endregion Debug
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Standard: c23
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wswitch"
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wuninitialized"
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wmicrosoft-enum-forward-reference"
 // #pragma comment(lib, "Advapi32.lib")
 // #pragma comment(lib, "gdi32.lib")
 // #pragma comment(lib, "Kernel32.lib")
@@ -16,8 +17,19 @@ Standard: c23
 // #pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")
 // #pragma comment(lib, "ucrt.lib")
 // #pragma comment(lib, "vcruntime.lib")
+
+#pragma region Platform
+#define CLANG_OPTIMIZE_DISABLE _Pragma("clang optimize off")
+#define CLANG_OPTIMIZE_ENABLE  _Pragma("clang optimize on")
+
+#define DUFFLE_x86_64  1
+#define DUFFLE_WINDOWS 1
+
 #define WinAPI __attribute((__stdcall__)) __attribute__((__force_align_arg_pointer__)) // Win32 Syscall FFI

+#define os_layer // Marker for interface resolved by os platform layer.
+#pragma endregion Platform
+
 #define offset_of(type, member)  cast(U8,__builtin_offsetof(type,member))
 #define static_assert            _Static_assert
 #define typeof                   __typeof__
@@ -206,14 +218,17 @@ def_signed_ops(le, <=)
 #define dbg_args(...) __VA_ARGS__

 #pragma region Control Flow & Iteration
+#define unreachable() __builtin_unreachable()
+
 #define each_iter(type, iter, end)             (type iter = 0; iter < end; ++ iter)
 #define index_iter(type, iter, begin, op, end) (type iter = begin; iter op end; (begin < end ? ++ iter : -- iter))
 #define range_iter(iter,op,range)              (T_((range).p0) iter = (range).p0; iter op (range).p1; ((range).p0 < (range).p1 ? ++ iter : -- iter))

 #define defer(expr)                for(U4         once= 1;                 once!=1;++     once,(expr))    // Basic do something after body
-#define scope(begin,end)           for(U4         once=(1,(begin));         once!=1;++     once,(end ))    // Do things before or after a scope
 #define defer_rewind(cursor)       for(T_(cursor) sp=cursor,once=0;        once!=1;++     once,cursor=sp) // Used with arenas/stacks
-#define defer_info(type,expr, ...) for(type       info= {__VA_ARGS__}; info.once!=1;++info.once,(expr))    // Defer with tracked state
+#define defer_info(type,expr, ...) for(type       info={__VA_ARGS__}; info.once!=1;++info.once,(expr))    // Defer with tracked state
+#define scope(begin,end)           for(U4         once=(1,(begin));        once!=1;++     once,(end ))    // Do things before or after a scope
+#define scope_info(type,begin,end) for(type       info=begin;         info.once!=1;++info.once,(end ))

 #define do_while(cond) for (U4 once=0; once!=1 || (cond); ++once)

@@ -232,28 +247,80 @@ def_signed_ops(le, <=)
 typedef Span_(S4);
 typedef Span_(U4);
 typedef Span_(U8);
+#pragma region Thread Coherence

+FI_ void barrier_compiler(void){asm volatile("::""memory");} // Compiler Barrier
+FI_ void barrier_memory  (void){__builtin_ia32_mfence();}    // Memory   Barrier
+FI_ void barrier_read    (void){__builtin_ia32_lfence();}    // Read     Barrier
+FI_ void barrier_write   (void){__builtin_ia32_sfence();}    // Write    Barrier

-#pragma region Math
-#define u8_max 0xffffffffffffffffull
+// x86-64
+FI_ U4 atm_add_u4 (U4_R addr, U4 value){asm volatile("lock xaddl %0,%1":"=r"(value),"=m"(addr[0]):"0"(value),"m"(addr[0]):"memory","cc");return value;}
+FI_ U8 atm_add_u8 (U8_R addr, U8 value){asm volatile("lock xaddq %0,%1":"=r"(value),"=m"(addr[0]):"0"(value),"m"(addr[0]):"memory","cc");return value;}
+FI_ U4 atm_swap_u4(U4_R addr, U4 value){asm volatile("lock xchgl %0,%1":"=r"(value),"=m"(addr[0]):"0"(value),"m"(addr[0]):"memory","cc");return value;}
+FI_ U8 atm_swap_u8(U8_R addr, U8 value){asm volatile("lock xchgq %0,%1":"=r"(value),"=m"(addr[0]):"0"(value),"m"(addr[0]):"memory","cc");return value;}
+#pragma endregion Thread Coherence

-#define min(A,B)       (((A) < (B)) ? (A) : (B))
-#define max(A,B)       (((A) > (B)) ? (A) : (B))
-#define clamp_bot(X,B) max(X, B) // Clamp "X" by "B"
+#pragma region Misc
+enum {
+	Bitmask_3  = 0x00000007,
+	Bitmask_4  = 0x0000000f,
+	Bitmask_5  = 0x0000001f,
+	Bitmask_6  = 0x0000003f,
+	Bitmask_10 = 0x000003ff,
+};

-#define clamp_decrement(X) (((X) > 0) ? ((X) - 1) : 0)
+typedef Enum_(U4, WeekDay) {
+	WeekDay_Sun,
+	WeekDay_Mon,
+	WeekDay_Tue,
+	WeekDay_Wed,
+	WeekDay_Thu,
+	WeekDay_Fri,
+	WeekDay_Sat,
+	WeekDay_Num,
+};

-typedef Struct_(R1_U1){ U1 p0; U1 p1; };
-typedef Struct_(R1_U2){ U2 p0; U2 p1; };
-typedef Struct_(R1_U4){ U4 p0; U2 p4; };
-typedef Struct_(R1_U8){ U8 p0; U8 p4; };
+typedef Enum_(U4, Month) {
+	Month_Jan,
+	Month_Feb,
+	Month_Mar,
+	Month_Apr,
+	Month_May,
+	Month_Jun,
+	Month_Jul,
+	Month_Aug,
+	Month_Sep,
+	Month_Oct,
+	Month_Nov,
+	Month_Dec,
+	Month_Num,
+};

-typedef Struct_(V2_U1){ U1 x; U1 y;};
+typedef U8 DenseTime;

-FI_ B8 add_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_uaddll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-FI_ B8 sub_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_usubll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-FI_ B8 mul_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_umulll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-FI_ B8 add_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_saddll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-FI_ B8 sub_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_ssubll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-FI_ B8 mul_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_smulll_overflow(a, b, res); }
-#pragma endregion Math
+typedef Struct_(DateTime) {
+	U4      micro_sec; // [0,999]
+	U4      msec;      // [0,999]
+	U4      sec;       // [0,60]
+	U4      min;       // [0,59]
+	U4      hour;      // [0,24]
+	U4      day;       // [0,30]
+	WeekDay week_day;
+	Month   month;
+	U4      year; // 1 = 1 CE, 0 = 1 BC
+};
+
+I_ DenseTime
+dense_time_from_date_time(DateTime date_time) {
+  DenseTime result = 0;
+  result += date_time.year;  result *= 12;
+  result += date_time.month; result *= 31;
+  result += date_time.day;   result *= 24;
+  result += date_time.hour;  result *= 60;
+  result += date_time.min;   result *= 61;
+  result += date_time.sec;   result *= 1000;
+  result += date_time.msec;  
+  return(result);
+}
+#pragma endregion Misc
@@ -3,9 +3,70 @@
 #	include "dsl.h"
 #endif

-#pragma region Encoding
+typedef struct UnicodeDecode UnicodeDecode;
+struct UnicodeDecode {
+	U4 inc;
+	U4 codepoint;
+};
+
+RO_ global U1 utf8_class[32] = { 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,5, };
+
 FI_ void u64_to_hex(U8 val, char* buf, S4 chars) {
 		static const char hex_chars[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 		for(S1 i = chars - 1; i >= 0; --i) { buf[i] = hex_chars[val & 0xF]; val >>= 4; }
 }
-#pragma endregion Encoding
+
+internal UnicodeDecode
+utf8_decode(U1* str, U1 max) {
+	UnicodeDecode result = {1, Max_U4};
+	U1 byte = str[0];
+	U1 byte_class = utf8_class[byte >> 3];
+	switch(byte_class) {
+	case 1: { result.codepoint = byte; } break;
+	case 2: if (1 < max) {
+		U1 cont_byte = str[1];
+		if(utf8_class[cont_byte >> 3] == 0) {
+			result.codepoint  = (byte      & Bitmask_5) << 6;
+			result.codepoint |= (cont_byte & Bitmask_6);
+			result.inc = 2;
+		}
+	} break;
+	case 3: if(2 < max) {
+		U1 cont_byte[2] = {str[1], str[2]};
+		if ( utf8_class[cont_byte[0] >> 3] == 0
+			&& utf8_class[cont_byte[1] >> 3] == 0) {
+			result.codepoint  = (byte & Bitmask_4) << 12;
+			result.codepoint |= ((cont_byte[0] & Bitmask_6) << 6);
+			result.codepoint |=  (cont_byte[1] & Bitmask_6);
+			result.inc = 3;
+		}
+	}break;
+	case 4: if(3 < max) {
+		U1 cont_byte[3] = {str[1], str[2], str[3]};
+		if ( utf8_class[cont_byte[0] >> 3] == 0
+			&& utf8_class[cont_byte[1] >> 3] == 0
+			&& utf8_class[cont_byte[2] >> 3] == 0) {
+			result.codepoint  = (byte & Bitmask_3) << 18;
+			result.codepoint |= ((cont_byte[0] & Bitmask_6) << 12);
+			result.codepoint |= ((cont_byte[1] & Bitmask_6) <<  6);
+			result.codepoint |=  (cont_byte[2] & Bitmask_6);
+			result.inc = 4;
+		}
+	}
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+I_ U4
+utf16_encode(U2* str, U4 codepoint) {
+  U4 inc = 1;
+  if      (codepoint == Max_U4) { str[0] = (U2)'?'; }
+  else if (codepoint < 0x10000) { str[0] = (U2)codepoint; }
+  else {
+    U4 v = codepoint - 0x10000;
+    str[0] = Csafe_u2u4(0xD800 + (v >> 10));
+    str[1] = Csafe_u2u4(0xDC00 + (v & Bitmask_10));
+    inc = 2;
+  }
+  return inc;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#ifdef INTELLISENSE_DIRECTIVES
+#	pragma once
+#	include "dsl.h"
+#	include "memory.h"
+#	include "math.h"
+#	include "text.h"
+#
+#	if DUFFLE_WINDOWS
+#		include "win32.h"
+#	endif
+#endif
+
+CLANG_OPTIMIZE_DISABLE
+
+// Most of this referenced from the RAD Debugger codebase.
+typedef Enum_(U4,AccessFlags) {
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_Read,       0),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_Write,      1),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_Execute,    2),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_Append,     3),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_ShareRead,  4),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_ShareWrite, 5),
+  Bit_(AccessFlag_Inherited,  6),
+};
+
+typedef U4 FilePropertyFlags;
+enum {
+  Bit_(FilePropertyFlag_IsFolder, 0),
+};
+
+typedef Struct_(FileProperties) {
+  U8                size;
+  DenseTime         modified;
+  DenseTime         created;
+  FilePropertyFlags flags;
+};
+
+typedef Struct_(File) { U8 ptr[1]; };
+
+FI_ File file_zero() { File f = {0}; return f; }
+
+typedef Struct_(Scope_FileInfo) { File f; B4 once; };
+
+FI_ B4 file_match(File a, File b) { return mem_match_struct(& a, & b); }
+
+os_layer void file_close(File file);
+os_layer File file_open(FArena* scratch, AccessFlags flags, Str8 path);
+#define file_scope(scratch, flags, path) scope_info(Scope_FileInfo, {.f = file_open(scratch, flags, path)}, file_close(info.f))
+
+os_layer FileProperties properties_from_file(File file);
+os_layer U8             file_read(File file, R1_U8 rng, U1* out_data);
+
+internal Slice_U1
+data_from_file_range(FArena* arena, File file, R1_U8 range) {
+  U8       pre_pos = farena_save(arena[0]);
+  U8       len     = span_r1u8(range);
+  Slice_U1 result  = farena_push_array(arena, U1, len);
+  U8 actual_read_size = file_read(file, range, result.ptr); if (actual_read_size < result.len) {
+		farena_rewind(arena, pre_pos + actual_read_size); result.len = actual_read_size;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+I_ Slice_U1
+data_from_file_path(FArena* arena, Str8 path, FArena* scratch) { file_scope(scratch, AccessFlag_Read | AccessFlag_ShareRead, path) {
+	FileProperties props = properties_from_file(info.f);
+	Slice_U1       data  = data_from_file_range(arena, info.f, r1u8(0, props.size)); return data;
+} unreachable(); }
+
+CLANG_OPTIMIZE_ENABLE
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #	pragma once
 #	include "dsl.h"
 #	include "memory.h"
+#	include "analysis.h"
 #endif

 #pragma region Hashing
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifdef INTELLISENSE_DIRECTIVES
+#	pragma once
+#	include "dsl.h"
+#	include "analysis.h"
+#endif
+
+#pragma region Math
+#define u8_max 0xffffffffffffffffull
+
+#define min(A,B)       (((A) < (B)) ? (A) : (B))
+#define max(A,B)       (((A) > (B)) ? (A) : (B))
+#define clamp_bot(X,B) max(X, B) // Clamp "X" by "B"
+
+#define clamp_decrement(X) (((X) > 0) ? ((X) - 1) : 0)
+
+typedef Struct_(R1_U1){ U1 p0; U1 p1; };
+typedef Struct_(R1_U2){ U2 p0; U2 p1; };
+typedef Struct_(R1_U4){ U4 p0; U2 p1; };
+typedef Struct_(R1_U8){ U8 p0; U8 p1; };
+
+#define r1u4(p0,p1) (R1_U4){p0,p1}
+#define r1u8(p0,p1) (R1_U8){p0,p1}
+
+typedef Struct_(V2_U1){ U1 x; U1 y;};
+
+FI_ B8 add_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_uaddll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+FI_ B8 sub_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_usubll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+FI_ B8 mul_of  (U8 a, U8 b, U8*R_ res) { return __builtin_umulll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+FI_ B8 add_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_saddll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+FI_ B8 sub_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_ssubll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+FI_ B8 mul_s_of(S8 a, S8 b, S8*R_ res) { return __builtin_smulll_overflow(a, b, res); }
+
+FI_ U8 span_r1u8(R1_U8 r) {U8 c = ((r.p1 > r.p0) ? (r.p1 - r.p0) : 0); return c;}
+#pragma endregion Math
+
+#pragma region Numerics
+
+enum {
+	Max_U4 = 0xffffffff
+};
+
+FI_ U2 Csafe_u2u4(U4 x) { assert_always(x <= Max_U4); return C_(U2, x); }
+#pragma endregion Numerics
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ FI_ U8 mem_copy_overlapping(U8 dest, U8 src,   U8 len) { return (U8)(__builtin_m
 FI_ U8 mem_fill            (U8 dest, U8 value, U8 len) { return (U8)(__builtin_memset ((void*)dest, (int)        value, len)); }
 FI_ B4 mem_zero            (U8 dest,           U8 len) { if(dest == 0){return false;} mem_fill(dest, 0, len); return true; }

+FI_ U8 mem_compare(U8 a, U8 b, U8 len) { return (U8)(__builtin_memcmp((void const*)a, (void const*)b, len)); }
+FI_ B4 mem_match  (U8 a, U8 b, U8 z)   { return mem_compare(a, b, z) == 0; }
+
+#define mem_match_struct(a,b)  mem_match(C_(U8,a), C_(U8,b), S_((a)[0]))
+
 #pragma region DAG

 #define check_nil(nil, p) ((p) == 0 || (p) == nil)
@@ -63,22 +68,22 @@ typedef Struct_(Str8)         { UTF8* ptr; U8 len; };
 typedef Str8 Slice_UTF8;
 typedef Struct_(Slice_Str8)   { Str8* ptr; U8 len; };
 #define slit8(string_literal) (Str8){ (UTF8*) string_literal, S_(string_literal) - 1 }
+#define str8(p,l) (Str8){p,l}

 typedef Struct_(Slice) { U8 ptr; U8 len; }; // Untyped Slice
 FI_ Slice slice_ut_(U8 ptr, U8 len) { return (Slice){ptr, len}; }

 #define Slice_(type)       Struct_(tmpl(Slice,type)) { type* ptr; U8 len; }
-typedef Slice_(B1);
 #define slice_assert(s)    do { assert((s).ptr != 0); assert((s).len > 0); } while(0)
 #define slice_end(slice)   ((slice).ptr + (slice).len)
 #define S_slice(s)         ((s).len * S_((s).ptr[0]))

-#define slice_ut(ptr,len)  slice_ut_(u4_(ptr),     u4_(len))
-#define slice_ut_arr(a)    slice_ut_(u4_(a),       S_(a))
-#define slice_to_ut(s)     slice_ut_(u4_((s).ptr), S_slice(s))
+#define slice_ut(ptr,len)  slice_ut_(u8_(ptr),     u8_(len))
+#define slice_ut_arr(a)    slice_ut_(u8_(a),       S_(a))
+#define slice_to_ut(s)     slice_ut_(u8_((s).ptr), S_slice(s))

 #define slice_iter(container, iter)     (T_((container).ptr) iter = (container).ptr; iter != slice_end(container); ++ iter)
-#define slice_arg_from_array(type, ...) & (tmpl(Slice,type)) { .ptr = array_decl(type,__VA_ARGS__), .len = array_len( array_decl(type,__VA_ARGS__)) }
+#define slice_arg_from_array(type, ...) & (tmpl(Slice,type)) { .ptr = Array_decl(type,__VA_ARGS__), .len = Array_len( Array_decl(type,__VA_ARGS__)) }
 #define slice_from_array(type, array)     (tmpl(Slice,type)) { .ptr = array, .len = S_(array) }

 FI_ void slice_zero_(Slice s) { slice_assert(s); mem_zero(s.ptr, s.len); }
@@ -91,11 +96,15 @@ FI_ void slice_copy_(Slice dest, Slice src) {
 	mem_copy(dest.ptr, src.ptr, src.len);
 }
 #define slice_copy(dest, src) do {  \
-	static_assert(T_same(dest, src)); \
+	static_assert(T_same(dest, src), "slices are not the same type"); \
 	slice_copy_(slice_to_ut(dest), slice_to_ut(src)); \
 } while(0)

+typedef Slice_(B1);
+typedef Slice_(U1);
+typedef Slice_(U2);
 typedef Slice_(U4);
+typedef Slice_(U8); 

 #pragma endregion Slice

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #	include "dsl.h"
 #	include "memory.h"
 #	include "hashing.h"
+#	include "analysis.h"
 #endif

 #pragma region Key Table Linear (KTL)
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 #	pragma once
 #	include "dsl.h"
 #	include "memory.h"
+#	include "encoding.h"
 #	include "hashing.h"
 #	include "tables.h"
+#	include "analysis.h"
 #endif

 // NOTE(rjf): Includes reverses for uppercase and lowercase hex.
-RO_ global U8 integer_symbol_reverse[128] = {
+RO_ U8 integer_symbol_reverse[128] = {
  0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,
  0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,
  0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,
@@ -203,3 +205,30 @@ FI_ void str8gen_append_fmt(Str8Gen_R gen, Str8 fmt, KTL_Str8 tbl) {
 	gen->len += result.len;
 }
 #define str8gen_append_str8_(gen, s) str8gen_append_str8(gen, str8(s))
+
+// Dealing with Wides (UTF16)
+
+typedef U4 UTF16;
+typedef Struct_(Str16) { UTF16* ptr; U8 len; };
+typedef Str16 Slice_UTF16;
+#define str16(p,l) (Str16){p,l}
+
+internal Str16
+str16_from_8(FArena* arena, Str8 in) {
+  Str16 result = {0}; if (in.len) {
+    U8       cap = in.len * 2;
+    Slice_U2 str = farena_push_array(arena, U2, cap + 1);
+    U1* ptr = in.ptr;
+    U1* opl = ptr + in.len;
+    U8 size = 0;
+    UnicodeDecode consume;
+    for(;ptr < opl; ptr += consume.inc)
+    {
+      consume = utf8_decode(ptr, opl - ptr);
+      size   += utf16_encode(str.ptr + size, consume.codepoint);
+    }
+    str.ptr[size] = 0; farena_rewind(arena, (cap - size) * 2);
+    result = str16(C_(UTF16*, str.ptr), size);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
@@ -17,6 +17,50 @@ typedef Struct_(MS_Handle){U8 id;};
 #pragma endregion IO

 // --- WinAPI Minimal Definitions ---
+typedef Struct_(MS_OVERLAPPED) {
+	void* Internal;
+	void* InternalHigh;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			U4 Offset;
+			U4 OffsetHigh;
+		};
+		void* Pointer;
+	};
+
+	MS_Handle hEvent;
+};
+typedef Struct_(MS_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) {
+		U4 nLength;
+		void* lpSecurityDescriptor;
+		B4 bInheritHandle;
+};
+typedef struct MS_SYSTEMTIME {
+	U2 wYear;
+	U2 wMonth;
+	U2 wDayOfWeek;
+	U2 wDay;
+	U2 wHour;
+	U2 wMinute;
+	U2 wSecond;
+	U2 wMilliseconds;
+} MS_SYSTEMTIME;
+typedef struct MS_FILETIME {
+	U4 dwLowDateTime;
+	U4 dwHighDateTime;
+} MS_FILETIME;
+typedef struct MS_BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION {
+	U4          dwFileAttributes;
+	MS_FILETIME ftCreationTime;
+	MS_FILETIME ftLastAccessTime;
+	MS_FILETIME ftLastWriteTime;
+	U4          dwVolumeSerialNumber;
+	U4          nFileSizeHigh;
+	U4          nFileSizeLow;
+	U4          nNumberOfLinks;
+	U4          nFileIndexHigh;
+	U4          nFileIndexLow;
+} MS_BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION;
 typedef struct MS_WNDCLASSA {
 	U4    style;
 	S8    (*lpfnWndProc)(void*, U4, U8, S8);
@@ -35,6 +79,7 @@ typedef struct MS_RECT        { S4 left, top, right, bottom; } MS_RECT;
 typedef struct MS_PAINTSTRUCT { void* hdc; S4 fErase; MS_RECT rcPaint; S4 fRestore; S4 fIncUpdate; U1 rgbReserved[32]; } MS_PAINTSTRUCT;

 // --- Kernel32 ---
+WinAPI U4        ms_get_last_error()                                                             asm("GetLastError");
 WinAPI void      ms_exit_process(U4 uExitCode)                                                   asm("ExitProcess");
 WinAPI MS_Handle ms_get_std_handle(U4 handle_type)                                               asm("GetStdHandle");
 WinAPI void*     ms_virtual_alloc(void* lpAddress, U8 dwSize, U4 flAllocationType, U4 flProtect) asm("VirtualAlloc");
@@ -52,6 +97,13 @@ WinAPI B4 ms_write_console(
 		U4_V           chars_written, 
 		U8            reserved
 ) asm("WriteConsoleA");
+WinAPI B4         ms_get_file_information_by_handle(MS_Handle* handle, MS_BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION* file_information) asm("GetFileInformationByHandle");
+WinAPI MS_Handle* ms_create_file_a(char const* lpFileName, U4 dwDesiredAccess, U4 dwShareMode, void* lpSecurityAttributes, U4 dwCreationDisposition, U4 dwFlagsAndAttributes, void* hTemplateFile) asm("CreateFileA");
+WinAPI MS_Handle* ms_create_file_w(U2 const* lpFileName, U4 dwDesiredAccess, U4 dwShareMode, void* lpSecurityAttributes, U4 dwCreationDisposition, U4 dwFlagsAndAttributes, void* hTemplateFile) asm("CreateFileW");
+WinAPI B4         ms_write_file(void* hFile, void const* lpBuffer, U4 nNumberOfBytesToWrite, U4* lpNumberOfBytesWritten, void* lpOverlapped) asm("WriteFile");
+WinAPI B4         ms_read_file(MS_Handle* hFile, void* lpBuffer, U4 nNumberOfBytesToRead, U4* lpNumberOfBytesRead, void* lpOverlapped) asm("ReadFile");
+WinAPI B4         ms_close_handle(void* hObject) asm("CloseHandle");
+WinAPI B4         ms_filetime_to_systemtime(void const* lpFileTime, void* lpSystemTime) asm("FileTimeToSystemTime");

 // --- User32 ---
 WinAPI U2 ms_register_class_a(MS_WNDCLASSA const* lpWndClass) asm("RegisterClassA");
@@ -112,11 +164,28 @@ WinAPI S4    ms_set_bk_mode(void* hdc, S4 mode)                            asm("
 WinAPI void* ms_create_solid_brush(U4 color)                                 asm("CreateSolidBrush");
 WinAPI S4    ms_delete_object(void* ho)                                      asm("DeleteObject");

+#define MS_INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ((MS_Handle*)(U8) - 1)
+
 enum {
+	MS_GENERIC_READ             = 0x80000000,
+	MS_GENERIC_WRITE            = 0x40000000,
+	MS_GENERIC_EXECUTE          = 0x20000000L,
+	MS_CREATE_ALWAYS            = 2,
+	MS_OPEN_EXISTING            = 3,
+	MS_OPEN_ALWAYS              = 4,
+
+	MS_FILE_APPEND_DATA         = 0x0004,
+	MS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL    = 0x80,
+	MS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = 0x00000010, 
+	MS_FILE_SHARE_READ          = 0x00000001,
+	MS_FILE_SHARE_WRITE         = 0x00000002,
+	MS_FILE_SHARE_DELETE        = 0x00000004,
+
 	MS_MEM_COMMIT          = 0x00001000,
 	MS_MEM_RESERVE         = 0x00002000,
 	MS_PAGE_READWRITE      = 0x04,
 	MS_SRCCOPY             = 0x00CC0020,
+
 	MS_WM_DESTROY          = 0x0002,
 	MS_WM_SIZE             = 0x0005,
 	MS_WM_PAINT            = 0x000F,
@@ -133,26 +202,115 @@ enum {
 	MS_WM_MOUSEWHEEL       = 0x020A,
 	MS_WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = 0x00CF0000,
 	MS_WS_VISIBLE          = 0x10000000,
+
+	MS_PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = 0x40,
+
+	MS_VK_BACK   = 0x08,
+	MS_VK_TAB    = 0x09,
+	MS_VK_RETURN = 0x0D,
+	MS_VK_SHIFT  =0x10,
+	MS_VK_SPACE  = 0x20,
+	MS_VK_PRIOR  = 0x21,
+	MS_VK_NEXT   = 0x22,
 	MS_VK_LEFT   = 0x25,
 	MS_VK_UP     = 0x26,
 	MS_VK_RIGHT  = 0x27,
 	MS_VK_DOWN   = 0x28,
-
-	MS_PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = 0x40,
-
-	MS_WM_CHAR   = 0x0102,
-	MS_VK_RETURN = 0x0D,
-	MS_VK_BACK   = 0x08,
-	MS_VK_TAB    = 0x09,
-	MS_VK_SPACE  = 0x20,
+	MS_VK_F1     = 0x70,
+	MS_VK_F2     = 0x71,
 	MS_VK_F5     = 0x74,
-	MS_VK_PRIOR  = 0x21,
-	MS_VK_NEXT   = 0x22,
-
-	MS_VK_SHIFT =0x10,
+	MS_WM_CHAR   = 0x0102,
 };

-
 #if BUILD_DEBUG
 FI_ void assert(U8 cond) { if(cond){return;} else{debug_trap(); ms_exit_process(1);} }
 #endif
+
+// Layer Implementation
+
+
+#if DUFFLE_WINDOWS
+I_ void
+w32_date_time_from_system_time(DateTime* out, MS_SYSTEMTIME* in) {
+	out->year     = in->wYear;
+	out->month    = in->wMonth - 1;
+	out->week_day = in->wDayOfWeek;
+	out->day      = in->wDay;
+	out->hour     = in->wHour;
+	out->min      = in->wMinute;
+	out->sec      = in->wSecond;
+	out->msec     = in->wMilliseconds;
+}
+
+I_ void
+w32_dense_time_from_file_time(DenseTime* out, MS_FILETIME* in) {
+	MS_SYSTEMTIME systime = {0}; ms_filetime_to_systemtime(in, &systime); DateTime date_time = {0};
+	w32_date_time_from_system_time(&date_time, &systime); *out = dense_time_from_date_time(date_time);
+}
+
+I_ FilePropertyFlags 
+w32_file_property_flags_from_dwFileAttributes(U4 dwFileAttributes) {
+	FilePropertyFlags flags = 0; if (dwFileAttributes & MS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) { flags |= FilePropertyFlag_IsFolder; } return flags;
+}
+
+I_ FileProperties
+properties_from_file(File file) {
+	if (file_match(file, file_zero())) { FileProperties r = {0}; return r; }
+	FileProperties props = {0}; MS_Handle* handle = C_(MS_Handle*,file.ptr[0]);
+	MS_BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION  info; S4 info_good = ms_get_file_information_by_handle(handle, &info);
+	if (info_good) {
+		U4 size_lo = info.nFileSizeLow; U4 size_hi = info.nFileSizeHigh;
+		props.size = C_(U8,size_lo) | (C_(U8,size_hi)<<32);
+		w32_dense_time_from_file_time(& props.modified, & info.ftLastWriteTime);
+		w32_dense_time_from_file_time(& props.created,  & info.ftCreationTime);
+		props.flags = w32_file_property_flags_from_dwFileAttributes(info.dwFileAttributes);
+	}
+	return props;
+}
+
+internal File 
+file_open(FArena* scratch, AccessFlags flags, Str8 path) {
+	File result  = {0};
+	Str16 path16 = str16_from_8(scratch, path);
+	U4 access_flags         = 0;
+	U4 share_mode           = 0;
+	U4 creation_disposition = MS_OPEN_EXISTING;
+	MS_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES security_attributes = {sizeof(security_attributes), 0, 0};
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Read)        { access_flags        |= MS_GENERIC_READ; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Write)       { access_flags        |= MS_GENERIC_WRITE; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Execute)     { access_flags        |= MS_GENERIC_EXECUTE; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_ShareRead)   { share_mode          |= MS_FILE_SHARE_READ; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_ShareWrite)  { share_mode          |= MS_FILE_SHARE_WRITE | MS_FILE_SHARE_DELETE; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Write)       { creation_disposition = MS_CREATE_ALWAYS; }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Append)      { creation_disposition = MS_OPEN_ALWAYS; access_flags |= MS_FILE_APPEND_DATA;  }
+	if (flags & AccessFlag_Inherited)   { security_attributes.bInheritHandle = 1; }
+	MS_Handle* file = ms_create_file_w(C_(U2 const*,path16.ptr), access_flags, share_mode, &security_attributes, creation_disposition, MS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
+	if(file != MS_INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { result.ptr[0] = C_(U8,file); }
+	else {
+		U4 err = ms_get_last_error(); (void)err;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+internal void file_close(File file) {
+	if(file_match(file, file_zero())) { return; }
+	MS_Handle* handle = C_(MS_Handle*,file.ptr[0]);
+	B4 result = ms_close_handle(handle); (void)result;
+}
+
+internal U8 file_read(File file, R1_U8 rng, U1* out_data) {
+	if (file_match(file, file_zero())) { return 0; }
+	MS_Handle* handle = C_(MS_Handle*,file.ptr[0]);
+	U1* ptr = out_data;
+	U8  off = rng.p0; while (off != rng.p1) {
+		U8  amt64      = rng.p1 - off;
+		U4  amt32      = C_(U4, min(mega(32), amt64));
+		U4  read_size  = 0;
+		MS_OVERLAPPED overlapped = { .Offset = C_(U4,off), .OffsetHigh = (U4)(off >> 32) };
+		if( ! ms_read_file(handle, ptr, amt32, &read_size, &overlapped)) { break; }
+		ptr += read_size;
+		off += read_size;
+	}
+	U8 total_read_size = off - rng.p0; return total_read_size;
+}
+#endif
@@ -1,10 +1,88 @@
 #include "duffle/dsl.h"
 #include "duffle/analysis.h"
+#include "duffle/math.h"
 #include "duffle/memory.h"
+#include "duffle/hashing.h"
+#include "duffle/encoding.h"
+#include "duffle/tables.h"
+#include "duffle/text.h"
+#include "duffle/files.h"
+
 #include "duffle/win32.h"

+typedef Struct_(U2_HL) { U1 Low; U1 High; };
+
+#define bitmask_(pos)              (1 << pos)
+#define bit_isolate(bitfield, pos) (bitmask_(pos) & value)
+
+#define serialize_bit(bitfield, pos) (bit_isolate(bitfield, pos) == bitmask_(pos) ? '1' : '0')
+
+typedef Enum_(U4, Endieaness) {
+	Little,
+	Big,
+};
+
+FI_ void a8utf8_from_u1_le(UTF8 out[8], U1 value) {
+	out[0] = serialize_bit(value, 7);
+	out[1] = serialize_bit(value, 6);
+	out[2] = serialize_bit(value, 5);
+	out[3] = serialize_bit(value, 4);
+	out[4] = serialize_bit(value, 3);
+	out[5] = serialize_bit(value, 2);
+	out[6] = serialize_bit(value, 1);
+	out[7] = serialize_bit(value, 0);
+}
+FI_ void a8utf8_from_u1_be(UTF8 out[8], U1 value) {
+	out[0] = serialize_bit(value, 0);
+	out[1] = serialize_bit(value, 1);
+	out[2] = serialize_bit(value, 2);
+	out[3] = serialize_bit(value, 3);
+	out[4] = serialize_bit(value, 4);
+	out[5] = serialize_bit(value, 5);
+	out[6] = serialize_bit(value, 6);
+	out[7] = serialize_bit(value, 7);
+}
+
+I_ U4 binary_as_str8_eval_len(Slice_U1 data) { return data.len * 8; }
+
+#define jump_lt(a,b,label) if (a < b) goto label
+
+I_ Str8 binary_as_str8(Slice_U1 data, FArena* str8_mem) { Str8 result = {0};
+	U4 req_len = data.len * 8; jump_lt(str8_mem->capacity,req_len, jret);
+	   result  = farena_push_array(str8_mem, UTF8, req_len);
+	for index_iter(U4,cursor, 0,<,req_len) { a8utf8_from_u1_le(result.ptr + cursor, data.ptr[cursor]); }
+	jret: return result;
+}
+
+typedef Enum_(U4, x86_Op) {
+	x86_mov
+};
+
+
+enum {
+	Scratchpad_Len = kilo(1),
+	FileRam_Len    = kilo(16),
+};
+typedef Struct_(SMemory) {
+	U1 Scratchpad [Scratchpad_Len];
+	U1 FileRam    [FileRam_Len];
+};
+global SMemory smem;
+
+#define path_course_content "./course_content/perfaware/"
+#define path_part1          path_course_content "part1/"
+
+CLANG_OPTIMIZE_DISABLE
 int main()
 {
+	FArena scratch    = farena_make(slice_ut_arr(smem.Scratchpad));
+	FArena file_arena = farena_make(slice_ut_arr(smem.FileRam));
+
+	Str8 path_listing_0037_single_register_mov     = slit8(path_part1 "listing_0037_single_register_mov");
+	Str8 path_listing_0037_single_register_mov_asm = slit8(path_part1 "listing_0037_single_register_mov.asm");
+	Slice_U1 data = data_from_file_path(& file_arena, path_listing_0037_single_register_mov, & scratch);
+
 	ms_exit_process(0);
 	return 0;
 }
+CLANG_OPTIMIZE_ENABLE
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// raddbg 0.9.28 project file
+
+target:
+{
+  executable: "build/sim_8086.exe"
+  working_directory: ""
+  enabled: 1
+  label: "Sim 8086"
+}
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ $libraries_win32 = @(
    'kernel32.lib'
    'user32.lib'
    'gdi32.lib'
+	'vcruntime.lib'
 )

 # --- Functions ---
@@ -291,11 +292,12 @@ function compile-unit {
    )
    $compile_args = @()
    $compile_args += $f_std_c11
+	$compile_args += $f_all_c
+	$compile_args += $f_ms_ex
    $compile_args += $f_wall
    $compile_args += $f_wno_attributes
    $compile_args += $f_exceptions_disabled
    $compile_args += $f_diagnostics_absolute
-    $compile_args += $f_optimize_none
    $compile_args += $f_debug
    foreach ($p in $include_paths) {
        $compile_args += ($f_include + $p)
@@ -306,7 +308,8 @@ function compile-unit {
    $compile_args += ($f_output + $link_module)

    write-host "Compiling '$unit' -> '$link_module'" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
-    & $compiler $compile_args
+	$time_to_compile = Measure-Command { & $compiler $compile_args }
+	write-host "Compilation took $($time_to_compile.TotalMilliseconds)ms"
    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { write-error "Compilation failed for $unit. Aborting."; exit 1 }
 }

@@ -340,7 +343,8 @@ function link-modules {
    $link_args += $user_link_args

    write-host "Linking modules into '$module'" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
-    & $linker $link_args
+	$time_to_link = Measure-Command { & $linker $link_args }
+	write-host "Linking took $($time_to_link.TotalMilliseconds)ms"
    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { write-error "Linking failed. Aborting."; exit 1 }
 }

@@ -355,6 +359,9 @@ function build-part_1 {
    $module_c = join-path $path_build  'sim_8086.o'

    $compile_args = @()
+	$compile_args += $f_debug
+	$compile_args += $f_optimize_none
+	# $compile_args += $f_optimize_size
    $compile_args += ($f_define + 'BUILD_DEBUG=1')

    compile-unit $source_c $module_c $includes $compile_args
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-function clone-gitrepo { param( [string] $path, [string] $url )
+function clone-gitrepo { param( [string] $path, [string] $url, [switch] $NoPull )
 	if (test-path $path) {
-		# git -C $path pull
+		if ($NoPull) {
+			Write-Host "Skipping pull on $path (per -NoPull)."
+			return
+		}
+		# Already a checkout — refresh to upstream tip.
+		# --ff-only refuses to create a merge commit if the local branch has
+		# diverged, so a divergence surfaces as a clear git error instead of a
+		# silent merge. Preserves the read-only intent of update_deps.
+		Write-Host "Pulling latest into $path ..."
+		git -C $path pull --ff-only
 	}
 	else {
 		Write-Host "Cloning $url ..."
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+# update_deps.ps1 — fetch / refresh.
+# ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+param(
+    [switch] $NoPull # Skip the `git pull` step when the checkout already exists.
+)
+
+$path_root           = split-path -Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent
+$path_course_content = join-path $path_root 'course_content'
+$misc                = join-path $PSScriptRoot 'helpers/misc.ps1'; . $misc
+
+# Halt on any error (instead of PowerShell's default `Continue`).
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+
+# --- Dependency Definition ---
+# One external dep for now: Casey Muratori's computer_enhance course repo.
+$url_computer_enhance = 'https://github.com/cmuratori/computer_enhance.git'
+
+# --- Run ---
+if ($NoPull) { clone-gitrepo $path_course_content $url_computer_enhance -NoPull }
+else         { clone-gitrepo $path_course_content $url_computer_enhance }
+
+write-host ''
+write-host 'Course content up to date.'
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
ed	aa9c4d48f6	starting to prep to decode instructions	2026-08-07 10:01:20 -04:00
ed	823ec3d499	Add update_deps.ps1 (clone computer enhance repo)	2026-08-07 01:32:51 -04:00
ed	77bda7741f	Picture!	2026-08-07 01:08:26 -04:00
ed	8b4c8a2c71	got file reading working for the binary.	2026-08-07 01:06:57 -04:00
ed	6feff68b33	Some more prep	2026-08-06 21:10:04 -04:00