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Glulx

Glulx is a 32-bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction. It was designed by Andrew Plotkin to relieve some of the restrictions in the Z-machine format. For example, because the Z-machine uses 16-bit integers its RAM is limited to 64KB, while Glulx natively supports 32-bit integers and has a 32-bit address space…

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Works, Works published in Glulx & Compilers and interpreters

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Works published in Glulx

3 related topics

Compilers and interpreters

5 related topics

File and MIME types

2 related topics

Overview

9 related topics

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Bits
32
Design
CISC
Designer
Andrew Plotkin
Endianness
Big
Introduced
1999
Open
Yes

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Overview

Compilers and interpreters

File and MIME types

Works published in Glulx

Advanced semantic analysis

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.

Glulx

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples25
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

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Glulx

Top relations

related to Compilers and interpreters · 10
Glulx → Andrew Plotkin's Glulxe, Git, JavaScript, Quixe, Spanish, Superglús, The, The Inform, There, Z-machine
related to File and MIME types · 4
Glulx → Blorb, For Blorb, The, The MIME
related to External links · 3
Glulx → Baf's Guide, Interpreters, The Glulx
Bits · 1
Glulx → 32
Design · 1
Glulx → CISC
Designer · 1
Glulx → Andrew Plotkin
Endianness · 1
Glulx → Big
Introduced · 1
Glulx → 1999
Open · 1
Glulx → Yes
Version · 1
Glulx → 3.1.3 (2022)

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

z-machine file 32-bit andrew format blorb interpreters published works plotkin intended interactive fiction uses mime version portable ram gigabytes glk

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.
SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GlulxBits321.00infobox
GlulxDesignCISC1.00infobox
GlulxDesignerAndrew Plotkin1.00infobox
GlulxEndiannessBig1.00infobox
GlulxIntroduced19991.00infobox
GlulxOpenYes1.00infobox
GlulxVersion3.1.3 (2022)1.00infobox
Glulxis a32-bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction0.90text
Glulxrelated to Compilers and interpretersThe Inform0.60section
Glulxrelated to Compilers and interpretersZ-machine0.60section
Glulxrelated to Compilers and interpretersSpanish0.60section
Glulxrelated to Compilers and interpretersSuperglús0.60section

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