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Re:Does a compiler use all x86 instructions? (2010) by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @12:39PM (#12353270)
Pointer creation I think.
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Re:Does a compiler use all x86 instructions? (2010) by rdtsc on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @06:34PM (#12355773)
Originally it was for address calculations it seems. But can also be used to do other calculations not just for addresses.

Which I assumed to be equivalent to something like: res = ptr_base + offset

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