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Re: [dvd-discuss] Bunner wins DeCSS trade secret appeal
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Bunner wins DeCSS trade secret appeal
- From: Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:51:45 -0500 (EST)
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> 2. Can you give an example of any computer program that is not, when it is run,
> data that is interpreted by (another) computer program?
Depends on what you mean "interpreted". Most modern OSs process the
executables in some way, but the native code for a compiled program still
essentially runs on the hardware. You could argue that most modern
processors use microcode, etc., so it it another program....
-- noah silva