> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:07:54 -0700
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: C++0X gets lambdas/closures
>
> Gabriel Sechan wrote:
> > Sure it can. It just can't use the hardware floating point instructions.
> > It can still do software floating point with ints.
>
> It also can't do
> union { int i; void * x; }
>
> Hard to emulate pointer indirection with integer math.
>
> > Again, a compiler limitation at most- you can use self-modifying code to
> > accomplish this.
>
> It's really hard to put self-modifying code in ROM.
>
Well, you program a robot to remove the rom chip and replace it. Easy :)
Alright, you got me on that one. I can't see a way to do function pointers
when you have no indirect jumps and no way to modify the original code.
Gabe
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