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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
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Subject: Re: Just wondering...
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Date: 7 Dec 90 21:19:24 GMT
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In article <1990Dec6.183520.15558@mips2.cr.bull.com> anderson@mips2.cr.bull.com (David Anderson) writes:
>
>   Is there a compelling reason why a user application program would want to 
>   utilize the "cacheflush" system call on an RC6260?  What possible benefit 
>   would there be?  Is there a scenario where it would HAVE to be used for a 
>   user program to run correctly?

It is useful for interpreters which write code to data structures and then
execute it.

By the way, there is no such thing as an RC6260... ;-)  It's the Bull 
DPS-2/500, right?
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