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Re:Bytecode by lakwn on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:08PM (#6729577)
When you have bytecode, you have programs that run using them. I understand how these are a good thing in fonts or in PDF, but what is running i this ACPI machine the author described?
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Re:Bytecode by wmf on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:59PM (#6730623)
Motherboards provide drivers in ACPI bytecode for things like sleeping, waking, changing processor speed, changing backlight, etc.
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Re:Bytecode by sigil on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:56PM (#6729806)
The kernel. On linux for instance, this

    $ ps aux | grep acpi
turns up the following kernel process on my machine:

    root 663 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Oct29 0:00 [ktpacpid]
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Re:Bytecode by panzi on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:36PM (#6730543)
I think the question is the reverse: not what program implements the VM but which programs run on it and what are they doing? at least that is what I'm asking.
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