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Re:No sane compiler would optimize atomics (2015) by aaronmdjones on Monday July 12, 2021 @05:22AM (#27808524)
Even x86 assembly is not a low-level language: https://blog.erratasec.com/2015/03/x86-is-high-level-languag...
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Re:No sane compiler would optimize atomics (2015) by pjmlp on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:07AM (#27818603)
Not only x86 assembly, microcoded CPUs has always been quite common on CISC designs, hence why 1960's papers tend to refer to Assembly as bytecode.
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