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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (29 children)

No, it is wrong. Machine code is not source code.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Never heard of a decompiler I see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try converting from English to Japanese and back to English.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

xor ax, ax

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right.

xor rax, rax

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GF2P8AFFINEINVQB xmm1, xmm2, 10

[–] [email protected] 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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