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tomhee | 1 year ago

You are indeed right

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tromp|1 year ago

I would have expected the language documentation to focus more on this observation and to explain for instance how self modification is used to implement while loops. But I don't even see the term mentioned anywhere?!

int_19h|1 year ago

This was actually a not uncommon approach to implementing loops in earliest mainfraims.