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uart777

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uart777 26 Feb 2013, 14:18

Response to nmake:

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And one last challenge to you: Make the tiniest piece of code you can produce, I mean the tiniest piece of code you can think of, that is extremely significant and useful, then post that as your next contribution. If you can succeed in that challenge, it's a small step for you and a huge step for mankind.

This example generates an int3 breakpoint exception. It is useful for debugging.

Code:

db 0CCh

Hope it helps! Very Happy

Last edited by uart777 on 27 Feb 2013, 16:46; edited 3 times in total

26 Feb 2013, 14:18

LocoDelAssembly
Your code has a bug

Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 4624
Location: Argentina

LocoDelAssembly 26 Feb 2013, 14:51

Code:

int3

Tinier source, same binary size.

26 Feb 2013, 14:51

uart777

Joined: 17 Jan 2012
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uart777 26 Feb 2013, 15:27

Oh, yeah?

Code:

(PS: Tinier source, but it assumes a macro is defined: macro x {int3})

26 Feb 2013, 15:27

MHajduk

Joined: 30 Mar 2006
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MHajduk 26 Feb 2013, 16:16

So this

Code:

Ì

is the shortest useful piece of code? Wink

Symbol Ì has a code equal to 0CCh (at least in my OS). The graphic form of it may depend on the font/encoding used, but you get the idea, for sure.

26 Feb 2013, 16:16

uart777

Joined: 17 Jan 2012
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uart777 27 Feb 2013, 09:43

Ok, you win! Smile

00CCh=Unicode latin Ì.

I could argue that "db 0CCh" has a greater educational value, is an example of writing machine code, teaches the instruction size (one byte opcode) and works in any X86 assembler (even my generic one), but why waste time? Smile

27 Feb 2013, 09:43

comrade

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 1150
Location: Russian Federation

comrade 27 Feb 2013, 18:05

Here:

Code:

A program that executes nothing. Smile

27 Feb 2013, 18:05

Dex4u

Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Dex4u 27 Feb 2013, 23:17

This reminds me of this:
http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=10847&start=0

27 Feb 2013, 23:17

jejus_slave

Joined: 04 Nov 2012
Posts: 4

jejus_slave 20 Jun 2013, 16:07

better than others.

Code:

Ë

20 Jun 2013, 16:07

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