Self-modifying code

Selfmodifying code is simply code that modifies itself. This is impossible to do without the use of assembly language as high level langugages (HLL's) simply cannot describe how to do such an advaced operation.

example algorithm (theoretic!)

Start:
GOTO Decryption_Code
Encrypted:
    ...
    lots of encrypted code!!!
    ...
Decryption_Code:
    *A = Encrypted
Loop:
    B = *A
    B = B XOR CryptoKey
    *A = B
    A = A + 1
    GOTO Loop IF NOT A = (Decryption_Code - Encrypted)
    GOTO Encrypted
 CryptoKey:
    some_random_number

This "program" will decrypt a part of itself and then jump to it. (*A means "the ___location to wich A points")