Post AwfTo3upTHCpX2wHia by foone@digipres.club
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 (DIR) Post #AwfTo3upTHCpX2wHia by foone@digipres.club
       2025-07-30T19:01:19Z
       
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       it's a pity on x86 every one uses XOR AL, AL instead of MOV AL, 0because we're missing out on the scariest instruction encoding:b0 00!
       
 (DIR) Post #AwfTwBCGHf1YQlxoDw by miodvallat@hostux.social
       2025-07-30T19:02:39Z
       
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       @foone This instruction is only being generated by the assembler on hallow's eve.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwfYFBXvbmS6pjPrGa by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-07-30T19:51:30Z
       
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       @foone reminds me of how many Japanese people avoid the number 4's regular name ("shi" - death) and instead call it by the alternative "yon"
       
 (DIR) Post #Awfa8WA2lT1aeNC0Yq by Computeum@mastodon.bayern
       2025-07-30T20:12:05Z
       
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       @foone Oh, that's a nice thought :))Then again, XORing registers is an old assembly habit. It will produce on virtually all architectures the most compact code. Other ways may be as compact, but not shorter or faster.