[SageRaven]

Is the phrase "Windows Opcodes" (from the article) a subtle troll on the part of "k" or a journalistic goof? I'm no programmer by any stretch, but that phrase jumped out at me as phony. I know there are system calls for operating systems, and opcodes are processor instructions, so this use of the term raised my b.s. meter a notch.

[joshu]

Came here to say this. Well caught.

[dguido]

Hate to break it to you but that actually means something. The technical details are surprisingly on target for being written by a tech journalist.

Ex. http://www.metasploit.com/users/opcode/syscalls.html

[SageRaven]

Not sure I see your point. Sure, the URL has "opcode" in it, but the page clearly says "Windows System Call Table" -- nowhere is the word "opcode" mentioned on that page.

[begemot]

Why is this upvoted? It's clearly wrong, those are syscalls to the windows kernel.

[nikcub]

correct. opcodes are unique to a processor architecture, not an operating system.

[jcl]

FWIW, it could be referring to the opcodes in the .NET virtual machine.

[nikcub]

great point - totally forgot about vm's

still don't think that is what the article was referring to since it was 'windows opcodes'

[georgemcbay]

It could be something an editor slipped in there to "punch up" the tech jargon, for all we know.

[SageRaven]

I guess the phrase seemed particularly egregious precisely because the rest of the article was pretty accurate with the tech terminology.

[antihero]

Perhaps they meant the kernel interrupt codes?