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Re:Does a compiler use all x86 instructions? (2010) by rainforest on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @12:43PM (#12353318)
Isn't LEA also a quick single instruction multiply-add for fixed scales in the SIB? e.g. `LEA EAX, EAX*4 + 0x3`
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