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From: bruce@stride.UUCP (Bruce Robertson)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Self-modifying code
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 04:30:12 EST
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A point of interest (at least to me) is that the 68020 with cache enabled
does not support self-modifying code.  The CPU doesn't support writing to
the cache.  I'm not sure what happens if you try, but it's sure not to
succeed.
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	Bruce Robertson
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