Re:Pointers Are Complicated, or What’s in a Byte?
by raverbashing on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @06:51AM
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You're not wrong, but the segment/offset model is such a farce it's not even worth using as an example
(also you would have had to distinguish between far and near pointers)
At the processor level, pointers are distinguished either by the type of register or by the type of operation used on them (when they're more orthogonal, still there are "pointer only" registers like stack, ip, etc)
(also you would have had to distinguish between far and near pointers)
At the processor level, pointers are distinguished either by the type of register or by the type of operation used on them (when they're more orthogonal, still there are "pointer only" registers like stack, ip, etc)