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Re:AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax by kccqzy on Sunday November 13, 2022 @08:09PM (#33589135)
I never understood the need for names for movabsq. The top comment on this HN discussion is about how this is all a historical quirk, people wanting to get a job done quick and dirty. But movabsq is a new instruction introduced only with x86-64 (then known as AMD64). With the 64-bit transition why didn't they take the opportunity to clean up and reorganize this mess?

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