Comment by electroly
Sure, lots of longer instructions have this effect. "xor eax,eax" is interesting because it's short. That zero immediate in "mov eax,0" is bigger than the entire "xor eax,eax" instruction.
Sure, lots of longer instructions have this effect. "xor eax,eax" is interesting because it's short. That zero immediate in "mov eax,0" is bigger than the entire "xor eax,eax" instruction.