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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

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 16y ago
Came here to say this. Well caught.
georgemcbay 16y ago
It could be something an editor slipped in there to "punch up" the tech jargon, for all we know.
- SageRaven 16y ago
  I guess the phrase seemed particularly egregious precisely because the rest of the article was pretty accurate with the tech terminology.
antihero 16y ago
Perhaps they meant the kernel interrupt codes?
dguido 16y ago
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 http://www.metasploit.com/users/opcode/syscalls.html
- SageRaven 16y ago
  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 16y ago
  Why is this upvoted? It's clearly wrong, those are syscalls to the windows kernel.
nikcub 16y ago
correct. opcodes are unique to a processor architecture, not an operating system.
- jcl 16y ago
  FWIW, it could be referring to the opcodes in the .NET virtual machine.
  - nikcub 16y ago
    great point - totally forgot about vm's still don't think that is what the article was referring to since it was 'windows opcodes'