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Constrained Size Output Virtual Machine
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     39 <h2 class="chapter" id="Overview"><span>1 Overview<a class="copiable-link" href="#Overview"> &para;</a></span></h2>
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     41 <p><code class="code">vise</code> is a virtual machine specialized for generating output for clients that have strict output size constaints.
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     43 <p>Specifically, the original target enviromnent was USSD menu navigation and session handling.
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     46 <li><a href="#Features" accesskey="1">Features</a></li>
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     49 <h3 class="section"><span>1.1 Features<a class="copiable-link" href="#Features"> &para;</a></span></h3>
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     51 <ul class="itemize mark-bullet">
     52 <li>Define and enforce max output size for every individual output.
     53 </li><li>Allow one single data entry to fill remaining available size capacity.
     54 </li><li>An assembly-like mini-language to define:
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     56 <li>external code execution.
     57 </li><li>input validation and routing.
     58 </li><li>menu definitions.
     59 </li><li>flow control.
     60 </li><li>exception handling.
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     62 </li><li>templated output from results of external code execution.
     63 </li><li>generate and navigate pages where data symbol contents are too long to display on a single page.
     64 </li><li>pluggable function design for handling external code execution calls.
     65 </li><li>Dedicated error string to prepend to template (e.g. on catch)
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