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to: PETER MAGNUSSON
from: DARRYL GREGORASH
date: 1997-12-27 01:51:00
subject: pure Hex Programming

Replying to a message of Peter Magnusson to Darryl Gregorash:
 DG>> Any differences in teh instructions are bugs..
 PM> In undocummented to?
 PM> I mean, if you read x86.org you'll find a couple
 PM> of insructions that have excisted in a lot of
 PM> processors, but wasn't made public until P6.
 PM> Would diffrences in them be considered a bug, too?
OK, I wasn't considering undocumented instructions. The manufacturer can make 
those do whatever he pleases, and we use them in our peril :)
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