Re: another Pentium bug

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 05:24:24 -0500 (EST)


As one learns in computer theory, this is totally useless. Just as there's
no way to test for an infinite loop.
-Rob H.

On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Just this guy you know wrote:

> The only real way fully test a program to see if the opcode is ever called
> would be to grovel through the binary, executing it as you go and checking
> to make sure no illegal opcodes are generated. I suppose that to
> eloquently do this, you could write a 386 emulator that would
> automatically trip an exception at the illegal opcodes in question.