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> why do CPU's still have JUMP instructions you could counter-argue Machine code is linear and executed one instruction at a time. It does not have the concept
by goto11 8y ago
> why do CPU's still have JUMP instructions you could counter-argue
Machine code is linear and executed one instruction at a time. It does not have the concept of blocks, so there is no way to have structured programming. Jumps are the only way to create a loop or conditional.
- Phrodo_00 8y ago> Machine code is linear and executed one instruction at a time. Only conceptually. In reality, it's executed out of order and branches are run in parallel.