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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* Virtual machine state */
+struct lilith
+{
+	uint64_t *memory;
+	uint64_t reg[16];
+	uint64_t ip;
+	bool halted;
+	bool exception;
+};
+
+struct Instruction
+{
+	uint8_t opcode;
+	uint32_t XOP;
+	uint32_t Immediate;
+	uint32_t HAL_CODE;
+};
+
+/* Allocate and intialize memory/state */
+struct lilith* create_vm(size_t size)
+{
+	struct lilith* vm;
+	vm = calloc(1, sizeof(struct lilith));
+	vm->memory = calloc(size, sizeof(uint8_t));
+	vm->halted = false;
+	vm->exception = false;
+	return vm;
+}
+
+/* Free up the memory we previously allocated */
+void destroy_vm(struct lilith* vm)
+{
+	free(vm->memory);
+	free(vm);
+}
+
+/* Load program tape into Memory */
+void load_program(struct lilith* vm, char **argv)
+{
+	FILE* program;
+	program = fopen(argv[1], "r");
+
+	/* Figure out how much we need to load */
+	fseek(program, 0, SEEK_END);
+	size_t end = ftell(program);
+	rewind(program);
+
+	/* Load the entire tape into memory */
+	fread(vm->memory, 1, end, program);
+
+	fclose(program);
+}
+
+void read_instruction(struct lilith* vm, struct Instruction *current)
+{
+	memset(current, 0, sizeof(struct Instruction));
+	uint8_t opcode, segment1, segment2, segment3;
+
+	opcode = vm->memory[vm->ip];
+	vm->ip = vm->ip + 1;
+	segment1 = vm->memory[vm->ip];
+	vm->ip = vm->ip + 1;
+	segment2 = vm->memory[vm->ip];
+	vm->ip = vm->ip + 1;
+	segment3 = vm->memory[vm->ip];
+	vm->ip = vm->ip + 1;
+
+	/* Deal with NOPs */
+	if (0x0 == opcode)
+	{
+		current->opcode = 0;
+	} /* Deal with illegal instruction */
+	else if (0xFF == opcode)
+	{
+		current->opcode = opcode;
+		current->XOP = 0xFFFF;
+		current->Immediate = 0xFFFF;
+		current->HAL_CODE = 0xFFFF;
+	} /* Deal with 4OP */
+	else if (0x1 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 3OP */
+	else if (0x2 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 2OP */
+	else if (0x3 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 1OP */
+	else if (0x4 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 2OPI */
+	else if (0x5 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 1OPI */
+	else if (0x6 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with 0OPI */
+	else if (0x7 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	} /* Deal with Halcode */
+	else if (0x8 == (opcode/32))
+	{
+	}
+
+}
+
+void execute_vm(struct lilith* vm)
+{
+	struct Instruction* current;
+	current = calloc(1, sizeof(struct Instruction));
+
+	while(!vm->halted)
+	{
+		read_instruction(vm, current);
+	}
+
+	free(current);
+	return;
+}
+
+/* Standard C main program */
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	/* Make sure we have a program tape to run */
+	if (argc < 2)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s $FileName\nWhere $FileName is the name of the paper tape of the program being run\n", argv[0]);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	/* Perform all the essential stages in order */
+	struct lilith* vm;
+	vm = create_vm(1 << 20);
+	load_program(vm, argv);
+	execute_vm(vm);
+	destroy_vm(vm);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}