alt Hacker NewsI'm not disputing the total effect. I'm asking if you'd rather describe ADD and JMP in this manner, in order to say that NOP does not in fact do nothing.
I'm not disputing the total effect. I'm asking if you'd rather describe ADD and JMP in this manner, in order to say that NOP does not in fact do nothing.
Love the pedantry here. I'm currently at: no op code does anything, it's all fancy effects in the hardware that can be described in arbitrary detail, which somehow allows me to cause these letters to appear on your screen.