Talk:Self-modifying code

TODO

an example and discussion of 'high-level' self-modifying code such as in LISP.
examples and discussion of traditional uses of self-modifying code, such as in graphic Blitting units, specialisation of algorithms (like sort with embedding a cmp), and in interpreter kernels.

Is a thunk and/or a trampoline (computers) also a kind of self-modifying code? --DavidCary 03:01, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

have never written any self modifying code, but example of state-dependent loop doesn't look quite right? Maybe a misplaced curly-bracket? --(AG)

I'll check the brackets, actually state depedant loops are a sort of self-modifying code I've coded a few times on 8bit machines, when state transition is not freq, esp if altering just the arg of an opcode, thus using a faster instruction (eg, on the 6502). Code-generation is 'still' relevant and useful, eg 'compiled bitmaps' during the 90's, and specific rendering code today.Oyd11 00:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest removing the entire Synthesis section, along with Massalin, Haeberli, and Karsh, on notability grounds. Marc W. Abel 15:12, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Futurist Programming should probably be the new link, although the original author of this document should probably check as they would know whether this is the correct article.

Javascript example: really self-modifying?

It seems to me that the Javascript code example is not self-modifying. The action variable is merely a function pointer that points to two anonymous functions in the course of its life. All the code from this example could be put in read-only memory and it would execute without problems. Where am I wrong? Sarrazip 02:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Sarrazip. In addition, I think the placement of the Javascript example does not go under the section of "Interaction of cache and self-modifying code".

I have removed the Javascript code example, since no one has objected for several months. Sarrazip 03:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Obj-C

Possibly Obj-C code in addition to LISP? It's the only object oriented superset of ANSI C that I know of that really implements it as a base feature. [1] --Electrostatic1 08:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Self-modifying code in self-referential machine learning systems

I think there should be a section on self-modifying code for machine learning along the lines of Jürgen Schmidhuber's work on meta-learning: http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/metalearner.html Algorithms 20:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]