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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 11:08:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Adam W Lee <adalee AT sendit DOT sendit DOT nodak DOT edu>
Message-Id: <199706011608.LAA07010@sendit.sendit.NoDak.edu>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Interpreted languages.

>> Well, then, Pentium Pro assembly is an interpreted language.
>
>Nonsense.  It is compiled into machine code which is then executed by the
>processor.

Not really, go read up on http://www.intel.com...  I was looking into good
methods for P2 assembly, and according to one of the pages I read, the P2
is basically a RISC chip which has to interpret the dinosaur 80x86
assembly in order to maintain backwards compatibility.

atomly

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