The instruction is smaller than “mov eax, 0” (because it includes the 32-bit zero) and the result is the same. Notice that smaller may mean more instructions in cache for a tight loop, so it may also result in better performace, too.
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Thanks for the heads up! With so many obscure hardware items it’s sometimes unclear whether a gadget is just weird or fake bs 😅
Yeah, me too. I don’t see (at first) how it is supposed to accelerate anything.
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Python. At some point there were even talks about a common runtime, Parrot.
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Well, numbers are already fabricated without real substance may times, so why not?