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Teehee



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Teehee 19 Jun 2011, 17:56
LOOP ?

everybody say it is slow and should be replaced by Jcc instr. ..

Which others instructions are "useless"?

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ouadji 19 Jun 2011, 20:20

jecxz ?

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edfed 19 Jun 2011, 20:28
xchg ebp,ebp
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typedef 19 Jun 2011, 21:07
ouadji wrote:

jecxz ?


Hmmmm ?

Would you rather

Code:
cmp ecx,0
je    .xxx
    

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Teehee 19 Jun 2011, 21:51
edfed wrote:
xchg ebp,ebp

not so useless: a 2-bytes NOP Smile

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vid 19 Jun 2011, 21:56
Where is tom when we need him? Very Happy
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Teehee



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Teehee 19 Jun 2011, 22:00
typedef wrote:
ouadji wrote:

jecxz ?


Hmmmm ?

Would you rather

Code:
cmp ecx,0
je    .xxx
    



maybe bc the common is

Code:
dec ecx
jz  .xxx    

?
it seems rare a cmp ecx,0 out of a loop.

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ouadji 19 Jun 2011, 22:41
Code:
or ecx,ecx
jz mylabel    
I prefer "or/jz" to "jecxz"
with "jecxz" the jump is limited to 128 bytes, in many cases it's not enough.
There should be a "near version" of jecxz !
and it seems that it's faster too! (??)

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Tyler 20 Jun 2011, 03:33
lea is pretty pointless.
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mindcooler 20 Jun 2011, 04:34
jecxz is pretty useless if you use ebx as your counter Razz
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idle 20 Jun 2011, 11:28
sub eax,eax
cmovnz eax,[eax]
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Teehee 20 Jun 2011, 11:54
Tyler wrote:
lea is pretty pointless.

++++++++++++++1 Razz

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Overflowz 20 Jun 2011, 12:17
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lea is pretty pointless.

No way! It' saves alot of work for me :p
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edfed 20 Jun 2011, 12:35
lea is good, it means:

X=Y*scale+Z+Constant

then, it is not so pointless, it is some advanced signal processing instruction.
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JohnFound 20 Jun 2011, 12:45
"loop" is great instruction for programmers (also string instructions) it is not our fault they are slow. In most cases using "loop" makes your code readable and small.
For example FASM uses "non optimal" instructions all over the source, but it is still, the fastest assembler in the world.
How is it possible? Meditate on this. Smile
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revolution 20 Jun 2011, 13:46
FFREE

Does anyone actually use it in a beneficial way?
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idle 20 Jun 2011, 14:44
fnop - dangerous nop ?
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cod3b453 20 Jun 2011, 18:27
I'd go for ud2 Laughing
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xleelz 21 Jun 2011, 01:43
what is std and cld good for?
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revolution 21 Jun 2011, 01:55
xleelz wrote:
what is std and cld good for?
Both STD and CLD are good for getting you to visit the doctor.
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