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| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing shahbazc@gmail.com (falcon) (2005-07-22) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing kers@hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) (2005-07-26) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing lfinsto1@gwdg.de (Laurence Finston) (2005-07-28) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing kers@hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) (2005-07-31) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing skandgoe@gwdg.de (Skandinavisches Seminar) (2005-08-01) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing marcov@stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) (2005-08-03) |
| Re: basic question about runtime query parsing kers@hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) (2005-08-03) |
| From: | Chris Dollin <kers@hpl.hp.com> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 3 Aug 2005 01:33:00 -0400 |
| Organization: | HPLB |
| References: | 05-07-045 05-07-056 05-07-066 05-07-079 05-07-103 05-07-115 05-07-123 05-08-004 |
| Keywords: | code, VM |
| Posted-Date: | 03 Aug 2005 01:32:59 EDT |
I, Chris Dollin, had writ:
>> So you may not /have/ to do self-modifying code. But it may be a
>> reasonable solution to a problem.
And I was reminded of another use while reading the Virtual Machines
book: debuggers, which may need to stomp on existing code to
insert breakpoints. (And then may need to play interesting games
to allow the stomped-on instruction to be executed before resuming.)
Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes
(The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)
by Jim Smith, Ravi Nair
--
Chris "electric hedgehog" Dollin
predicting self-predictors' predictions is predictably unpredictable.
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