this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
816 points (91.4% liked)
Programmer Humor
19197 readers
1557 users here now
Welcome to Programmer Humor!
This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!
For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.
Rules
- Keep content in english
- No advertisements
- Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
xor ax, axA 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
Also that instruction does not do nothing, it resets the CPU register to zero without having to access RAM. Far from a NOP instruction.
You're right.
xor rax, rax