Re: Virtual Machines, JVM in kernel, hot-swapped kernel

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:53:50 +0100

alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
> BPF isnt turing complete and doesnt do a lot, but it is also quite
> possible to convert it to native code.

Surely if it was Turing complete, then we wouldn't be able to be sure that it
would halt, and hence it would defeat the whole object of the exercise?

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