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[-] amki@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

You're right.

xor rax, rax

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

GF2P8AFFINEINVQB xmm1, xmm2, 10

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years 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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