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x86 is actually one of the easier platforms to have self-modifying code on, because you don’t have to flush the instruction cache.


Which is kind of interesting considering how removed the assembly which was written is from what is actually executed. You'd think x86 would be even less likely to notice you changed the plan out from underneath it.




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