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+(define-module (scmvm vm2)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 hash-table)
+  #:export (define-instruction-set
+             instruction-lookup
+             instruction-name
+             instruction-code
+             register-set))
+
+;;; Instructions
+(define-syntax define-instruction-set
+  (syntax-rules (define-instruction)
+    [(_ (set-name reg ...) (define-instruction (name opcode) impl ...) ...)
+     (define (set-name dispatch)
+       (case dispatch
+         [(lookup)
+          (lambda (lookup)
+            (case lookup
+              [(name) '(name opcode)] ...
+              [else #f]))]
+         [(call)
+          (lambda (registers)
+            (let ([reg (assq-ref registers 'reg)] ...)
+              (parameterize ([reg #f] ...)
+                (lambda (op)
+                  (case op
+                    [(opcode) impl ...] ...)))))]))]))
+
+(define (instruction-lookup isa name)
+  ((isa 'lookup) name))
+
+(define instruction-name car)
+(define instruction-code cadr)
+
+(define (register-set names)
+  (alist->hash-table (map (lambda (n) (cons n (make-parameter #f))) names)))