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[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Try converting from English to Japanese and back to English.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

xor ax, ax

[-] amki@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A fancy way to say do nothing is not the same as translating back and forth. Example: Show me the intermediate translation.

Also we live in a 64bit world now old man

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You're right.

xor rax, rax

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GF2P8AFFINEINVQB xmm1, xmm2, 10

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Also that instruction does not do nothing, it resets the CPU register to zero without having to access RAM. Far from a NOP instruction.

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