consistent asm stuffs

examples/asm.lisp

@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
+(define a 12)
+
+; maps fairly directly to the `htasm` assembler
 (asm
-    (li64 r1 0))
+    ; zero here might be replaced with a variable
+    (li64 r1 0)
+    ; like so
+    (li64 r2 a))
+
+; create a ptr to a
+(ptr-to a)

examples/log.lisp

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-
 (define log
     (lambda (level message)
         (
             (append (message level))
+            (define ptr-to-message (ptr-to message))
+            (define length-of-message (length message))
             (asm
-                (set-register r1 3)
-                (set-register r2 1)
-                (set-register r3 (ptr-to message))
-                (set-register r4 (+ 1 (length message)))
+                (li64 r1 3)
+                (li64 r2 1)
+                (li64 r3 ptr-to-message)
+                (li64 r4 length-of-message)
                 (eca)))))
 
 (define error (lambda (message) (log 0 message)))