(
    ; This is an example implementation of itoa using a buffer of characters
    (ld r0 -123456789)

    (mkbf r1)
    (call itoa r1 r0)

    ; print it
    (:pn) (bfrpop @cout @r1 (em? (ld @cout '\n') (halt))) (j :pn)
    (halt)

    (proc itoa buf num
        (ld r1 num)
        (tst r1 (<0? (mul r1 -1)))
        (:next)
            (mod r0 r1 10)
            (add r0 '0')
            (bfrpush @buf r0)
            (div r1 10 (z?
                (tst num (<0? (bfrpush @buf '-')))
                (ret)))
            (j :next)
    )

    ; other version that prints it
    (proc printnum num
        (mkbf r15)
        (ld r1 num)
        (tst r1 (<0? (mul r1 -1)))
        (:next)
            (mod r0 r1 10)
            (add r0 '0')
            (bfrpush @r15 r0)
            (div r1 10 (z?
                (tst num (<0? (bfrpush @r15 '-')))
                (lds @cout @r15)
                (del @r15)
                (ret)))
            (j :next)
    )
)