First stab at a MIPS REPL.mips

# MIPS Repl written in MIPS
# Run with MarsIDE (remember to turn on `Settings` —> `Self-modifying code`)
# The input instruction must be converted to decimal

.data
prompt_string:         .asciiz "Enter the next instruction to execute: "
			
.text					
main:		li $v0 9                # code to request memory
		li $a0 16               # enough for 2 instructions + 2 registers ($v0, $a0)
		syscall	                # $v0 now contains adress of newly allocated memory
		
		# memory layout: registers first, then the input instruction, then the jump instruction.
		move $s0 $v0            # $s0 points at the begining of the allocated memory
		addi $s1 $s0 8          # $s1 points where the input instruction will be
		addi $s2 $s1 4	        # $s2 points where the jump instruction will be
		la $s3 save_state       # $s3 points to save_state
					
		# let's write the jump instruction first
		li $t0 0x02600008       # $t0 = "jr $s3"
		sw $t0 ($s2)            # mem[jump] = "jr $s3"
		
prompt:         # ask for an instruction
		li $v0 4 		# system call code to print a string
		la $a0 prompt_string	# "Enter the next instruction to execute: "
		syscall
		
		# read instruction
		li $v0 5                # system call code to read an int
		syscall
		sw $v0 ($s1)            # load to new instruction in memory
		
		# load registers from previously saved state
		lw $v0 ($s0)
		lw $a0 4($s0)
		
		jr $s1                  # execute instruction	

save_state:	# save registers' state
		sw $v0 ($s0)
		sw $a0 4($s0)	
		
		j prompt	
# End of program

# Example usage:
# > Enter the next instruction to execute: 537133098
# > Enter the next instruction to execute: 537001985
# > Enter the next instruction to execute: 12
# > 42