Re: Intel vs AMD64

[Timothy Miller]

Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Whether or not the CPU traps this invalid instruction is moot. No
> compiler would emit junk like this and anybody horsing around with
> an assembler deserves whatever they get, although you shouldn't
> be able to smoke the CPU on a multi-user multitasking system because
> it can be used as a DOS attack.


If this is junk that's invalid, why was it mentioned in the first place?

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