On 20 Oct 1997 18:43:14 -0500, Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> wrote:
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From: Brandon Crosby <bcrosby@mncs.k12.mn.us> Subject: Re: [LONG, off-topic]] Interactive Programming Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 10:22:23 -0500 (CDT)
As are some perl programmers. As both a perl programmer and a lisp programer I have never had the need to use self modifing code. In fact I would consider haveing to use s-m code as a sine that I have made a mistate in my desinge.
Come on, tell us how you really feel...
What if your design specificaly includes self-modifying code for reasons of execution speed or some recursive efficiency? Glad to know I don't have to compete with you on those sorts of jobs...thanks.
I would think that self modifying code would play havoc with today's pipelined and superscalar processors (if s&m code would even work on such beasts). Then they're those OS's that won't allow you to muck with code space. However, I guess it will always have a place in the embedded world. -- Phelix