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by mehmetemre 4526 days ago
I guess he's talking about Borland's Turbo Assembler that was coming with Turbo Pascal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Assembler
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My remark was because the OP used bytecode to describe assembly opcodes.
The usage is nonstandard, but it provides an interesting perspective. What if he was planning to run the X86 code on a virtual CPU, is his usage then correct? Does the nature of compiled code change if it is executing on a "real" machine instead of a virtual one?
I would say yes, given that some bytecode instruction sets make a CISC processor look like a RISC one.