Reference no: EM132974784

The goal of this project is to emulate the execution of programs from a small, C-like programming language, on a stack-based machine with a write-back cache, and to report some metrics of the program's execution.

Successful completion of the project will enhance your understanding of some features of the C11 programming language, and develop your understanding of how simple programs can be executed on a general-purpose computer architecture.

Project requirements
• You are required to develop and test a program, named runcool, that emulates the execution of cool programs, by interpreting the contents of a coolexe file running on the stack-based machine employing a write-back cache policy, as described in this project description.
• Your program should produce a number of execution statistics, each printed one-per-line, and preceded by a '@'. For example:
• During the project marking, all lines other than those presenting the required statistics will be ignored. Any statistic not reported will be assumed to provide the value of zero (which will never be correct).
• Your program should, itself, should exit with the integer value left on the top-of-stack by the main() function of any cool program.
• Your project must be written in C11 in a single source-code file named runcool.c
This is the only file you should submit for marking.
Your submission will be compiled with the C compiler arguments -std=c11 -Wall -Werror, and marks will not be awarded if your submission does not compile.
• Your program, named runcool, should accept exactly one command-line argument providing the name of a coolexe file:
• You should start by reading, understanding, and then extending the starting code (please check the text document for that). DO NOT modify any of the provided constants near the top of the file (they will be used during marking). Please check the starting code text document where it provides a great head-start, but please make sure to modify and add many things to it (of course). But there are certain things that you must not change, so check the starting code text document to know what you can and can't do.
• You may use any functions from the standard C11 library but must not employ any 3rd-party code or libraries to complete your project. If in doubt, please ask.

Attachment:- Project requirements.rar