Assembly
Assembly language (asm) programming questions. BE SURE TO ALSO TAG with the processor and/or instruction set you're using, as well as the assembler. WARNING: For .NET assemblies, use the tag [.net-assembly] instead. For Java ASM, use the tag [java-bytecode-asm] instead.
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Is it possible to "decompile" a Windows .exe? Or at least view the Assembly?
A friend of mine downloaded some malware from Facebook, and I'm curious to see what it does without infec
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What's the purpose of the LEA instruction?
For me, it just seems like a funky MOV. What's its purpose and when should I use it?
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Why doesn't GCC optimize a*a*a*a*a*a to (a*a*a)*(a*a*a)?
I am doing some numerical optimization on a scientific application. One thing I noticed is that GCC will optim
