Self-modifying code
Ge' Weijers
ge at hobbit.sci.kun.nl
Wed Jul 27 19:12:55 AEST 1988
>From article <1848 at van-bc.UUCP>, by sl at 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
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Ge' Weijers, Informatics dept., Nijmegen University, the Netherlands
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