alt Hacker NewsIsn't every OS an interpreter for machine code with kernel privileges?
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astralbijection • yesterday at 7:48 PM
This one is an interpreter for CPIO files.
Isn't every OS an interpreter for machine code with kernel privileges?
This one is an interpreter for CPIO files.
No. The OS's software doesn't individually read each instruction and decide what to do with it.
It passes it off to the hardware (CPU) which runs the instructions.