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From: ge@hobbit.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Self-modifying code
Message-ID: <304@hobbit.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 27 Jul 88 09:12:55 GMT
References: <1848@van-bc.UUCP>
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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From article <1848@van-bc.UUCP>, by sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne):
[About self-modifying code]
> A simple definition might be any program that cannot be compiled and run
> in shared text mode (or equivalent for non Unix application environments).

What about programs that write code into the data segment and then 
call it:

int myproc[1000];

..... generating s/m code

(*((int (*)())myproc))(); /* and calling it */

We need a better definition I'm afraid
-- 
Ge' Weijers, Informatics dept., Nijmegen University, the Netherlands
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