On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:46:09 -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>Nah, using an I register as a host-machine-address for jumps doesn't argue
>for sizeof(INTVAL) >= sizeof(void *). Instead, it argues that the design
>that uses an int as an absolute address is wrong.
>
>I'm going to rewrite the docs and ops to use a S register instead. Now all
>I need to do is figure out something to make S stand for that encompasses
>both uses. (Buffer pointer and generic pointer)
That sounds equally bad. This opens the door into jumping into user data
as if it was code. Plus, will your code be garbage collected too?
--
Bart.
