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Stack Program Counter
Under normal circumstances, the program counter is just incremented i.e. the next instruction is executed. When you call a function, instead of the next instruction, some other instruction needs to be ...
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Stack Program Counter
When you perform a call, you jump into a proceduce that can ret, effectively doing similar work to how a usual function call ...
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Why is static recompilation not possible?
Static recompilation is used, for example it is central in Apple's Rosetta 2 emulator. But there are challenges that make it difficult to apply.
Most importantly, all jump targets are not readily ...
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Why is static recompilation not possible?
Static recompilation from a binary is hard, because it is challenging to reconstruct the structure of the program. It is hard to statically figure out the location of all instructions that will be ...
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