apoo For Linux

apoo project is an environment for a first course in assembly language programming.

It is implemented in Python and has the following components: apoo virtual machine is a virtual processor with a very simple architecture and instruction set that mimics almost all the essential features of a modern microprocessor.

As the aim is to teach assembly language, there is no machine code associated with the instruction set.

apoo Interface is a graphical environment that monitors the state of the machine during the execution of a program and allows the writing/editing/execution of programs in assembly language.

apoo Tutor is a module for grading of student programs based on a description of what the execution of the program should be for specified input data sets.

Requirements:

· Python · Until version 1.4 Apoo interface required Tkinter · From that version on it requires pygtk: GTK+ for Python, and also (gtk, pango, gobject)

What's New in This Release:

· A new GTK 2 interface. · The language now has provisions for basic input and output.