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From: hjm@cernvax.UUCP (hjm)
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Subject: Re: Self-modifying code
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Date: 19 Jul 88 08:29:58 GMT
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Programmers have become quite accustomed to the destructive assignment of
data ( x := y + 2 ), so why should the destructive changing of code be any
different?  If the practice were more common, then it wouldn't seem quite so
bad, surely.  After all, a Turing machine with a finite length tape is not
*that* difficult ...

	Hubert Matthews