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The article fails to explain the relation between self-modifying code and "von Neumann" computer architecture. I think any hardware that can allow self-modifying code to run in at least one operating system is identically equal to a "modified von Neumann architecture" computer? Is that right? [[Special:Contributions/82.131.210.163|82.131.210.163]] ([[User talk:82.131.210.163|talk]]) 17:43, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
:I don't see "von Neumann" anywhere in the article, but I think that the relationship is that the [[von Neumann architecture]] envisaged a computer with a single memory space comprising both data and instructions. Self-modifying code would require that a program be able to treat a piece of memory as data and then reach it as an instruction, and would not be possible on a non-von Neumann computer with, for example, separate code and data spaces. (Who is King John?) [[User:Spike-from-NH|Spike-from-NH]] ([[User talk:Spike-from-NH|talk]]) 00:26, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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