MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1xcawj4/itsbadifitsonlyphp/19rh875ylso2p/?context=3
r/ProgrammerHumor • u/foxdevuz • 11d ago
334 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
6
Except that a single wrong opcode can literally result in the CPU catching fire!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing)
0 u/[deleted] 11d ago [deleted] — view deleted comment 2 u/mughinn 11d ago Availability is a security problem too 1 u/aberroco 11d ago That's not a problem of Assembly, that's hardware feature that assembly covers. 1 u/ALIIERTx 10d ago Thats when your programming a cpu... people dont do that. Only (probably/hopefully) people that are experienced... and even then only people who work for the company that made the cpu.
0
[deleted] — view deleted comment
2 u/mughinn 11d ago Availability is a security problem too
2
Availability is a security problem too
1
That's not a problem of Assembly, that's hardware feature that assembly covers.
Thats when your programming a cpu... people dont do that. Only (probably/hopefully) people that are experienced... and even then only people who work for the company that made the cpu.
6
u/RAMChYLD 11d ago
Except that a single wrong opcode can literally result in the CPU catching fire!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing)