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Re: code and data

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"Richard Heathfield" <invalid@see.sig.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Bill Cunningham wrote:
>
>>     Now is a flat binary only data or does it contain any code? I know 
>> the
>> sections are stripped away.
>
> The distinction between code and data is arbitrary. A program that zips up
> executables treats code as data. An interpreter treats data as code.
>
> Here's a binary (nybbled into hexadecimal for ease of reading).
>
> 74 4A 24 89 05 32 8C 66 CA 1D EA 01 EA 39 1D 4F
> 57 2B B8 29 21 CD 27 2B B5 CA A3 08 64 68 99 F3
> 92 C2 53 7E 20 B3 3D E7 C6 38 B3 2A 55 42 32 86
> 66 07 81 61 A1 F5 A9 A4 AF F9 53 D4 5C 77 EA CD
>
> Is that code or data?
>
> The only meaningful answer is "yes".

What if your first two bytes, 74 4A was a format descriptor. Would that be 
considered "code"?

Bill

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code and data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-20 15:55 -0400
  Re: code and data Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2014-10-20 22:25 +0200
    Re: code and data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-20 17:34 -0400
      Re: code and data Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2014-10-21 00:11 +0200
        Re: code and data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-20 20:01 -0400
  Re: code and data Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-10-20 21:29 +0100
    Re: code and data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-20 17:38 -0400
      Re: code and data Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-10-20 23:09 +0100

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