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Re:Can I exec an new process without an executable file? (2015) by tralarpa on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:18AM (#33449063)
It returns the answer to an important question :)

Edit: Wouldn't mov be shorter than push/pop? (I am not very familar with x86)

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Re:Can I exec an new process without an executable file? (2015) by kubanczyk on Friday November 04, 2022 @04:04PM (#33472976)
No, mov is longer. Push stores the constant as just one byte and omits the three zero bytes. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56618815/why-use-push-po...
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