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# 2015/03/15

***DISCLAIMER***: _These notes are from the defunct k8 project which_
_precedes SquirrelJME. The notes for SquirrelJME start on 2016/02/26!_
_The k8 project was effectively a Java SE 8 operating system and as such_
_all of the notes are in the context of that scope. That project is no_
_longer my goal as SquirrelJME is the spiritual successor to it._

## 09:58

I believe the initialization with the method is finished. I allocate the
exception register and all of the input arguments, I do not believe there is
anything else to do.

## 10:20

Register entries need to be locked, because they could be allocated and then
dumped onto the stack screwing with the order of everything. Also before a
method call, a bunch of registers will need to be saved onto the stack so that
the correct register and stack state is used when the method is called.
Although that is optional. It would probably be best to do that in the native
handler as it could save and restore register states as needed since it could
vary on each call.

## 11:14

I should research how some other operating systems perform system calls.

## 11:21

Well it might not matter much.