backpatch
verbEtymology
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To update (partially compiled code) with jump addresses that were previously left as…
To update (partially compiled code) with jump addresses that were previously left as placeholders because they had not yet been encountered in the source code.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for backpatch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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