Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:25:18 -0500 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: Intel vs AMD64 |
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Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Whether or not the CPU traps this invalid instruction is moot. No > compiler would emit junk like this and anybody horsing around with > an assembler deserves whatever they get, although you shouldn't > be able to smoke the CPU on a multi-user multitasking system because > it can be used as a DOS attack.
If this is junk that's invalid, why was it mentioned in the first place?
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