In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : > Ted writes: : > > Someone wondered (as one does) what might possibly happen if you tried : > > the unassigned codes. : > : > It is a bug for a processor to have any unassigned codes. : : In what way is it a bug? If all the codes are assigned, then future : extensions become impossible.
Say, rather, that it is a bug for a processor to have any unassigned codes that do not generate an illegal instruction trap. I understand that several codes fit this bill on the Pentium... -- Running at a mere 104 billion instructions per second, the SX4 appears to be the only machine actually capable of running Office '97. -- ChipChat, Australian Personal Computer, September 1997 (paraphrased.) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
