Editing P-code machine (section)

==Microsoft P-code==
'''P-code''' is a name for several of [[Microsoft]]'s proprietary [[intermediate language]]s. They provided an alternate binary format to [[machine code]]. At various times, Microsoft has said P-code is an abbreviation for either ''packed code''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/msdn_c7pcode2.htm|title=Microsoft P-Code Technology|first=Andy|last=Padawer|date=April 1992|website=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222035711/http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/msdn_c7pcode2.htm|archive-date=February 22, 2001}}</ref> or ''pseudo code''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon98/html/vbconcompilingyourprojecttonativecode.asp|title=Compiling Your Project to Native Code|date=2007|work=Visual Studio 6.0 Documentation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227000246/http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon98/html/vbconcompilingyourprojecttonativecode.asp|archive-date=February 27, 2007}}</ref>

Microsoft P-code was used in [[Visual C++]] and [[Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic]]. Like other P-code implementations, Microsoft P-code enabled a more compact [[executable]] at the expense of slower execution.