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avaertoday at 2:01 AM1 replyview on HN

The meaning of code will change. Maybe it will get a new name.

Software hasn't been about "real code" (asm) for a long time; yes, this was a common opinion when HLL's and compilers were starting.


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drdaemantoday at 2:06 AM

> “real code” (asm)

You meant actual bytecode?

Assembly doesn’t exactly map to in 1:1. x86’s mov eax, ebx is the classic example that has two ways of being encoded. Not to mention sections, labels and all the other fancies.

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