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From: cym224@gmail.com (Nemo)
Subject: [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a
Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 20:51:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfiPzyVPzyYN4--5RuVt+nAcw4ppm3_ejdZmWC_oGv9gxjDYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

On 6 May 2017 at 11:23, ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> wrote (in part):
[...]
> Lest you think things are better now, Linux uses self modifying code to
> optimize certain critical operations, and at one talk I heard the speaker
> say that he'd like to put more self modifying code into Linux, "because it's
> fun". Oh boy.

Fun, indeed!  Even self-modifying chips are being touted -- Yikes!

N.


             reply	other threads:[~2017-05-07  0:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-07  0:51 Nemo [this message]
2017-05-08 13:39 ` Tony Finch
2017-05-08 16:21   ` Steve Johnson
2017-05-08 17:01     ` Dan Cross
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-05-06 14:40 [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 15:09 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a Corey Lindsly
2017-05-06 15:20   ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 15:24     ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 15:51       ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 15:53         ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 20:00     ` Steve Nickolas
2017-05-06 21:45       ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-07  7:42         ` Stephen Kitt
2017-05-06 15:23   ` ron minnich
2017-05-06 15:44     ` Michael Kjörling

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