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TIL that AMD64 instructions generally don't support immediates greater than 32-bit: https://c9x.me/notes/2015-09-19.html
If you really need a large immediate value, you need to use MOV into a register first.
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A new class of typosquatting attacks for malicious packages: register package names that are hallucinated by ChatGPT: https://vulcan.io/blog/ai-hallucinations-package-risk
(h/t @rauschma)
The more I learn about register allocators, the less I want to write programs in assembly. It's really nice having a compiler minimise spills.
Rust RFCs have this interesting approach where you can register blocking concerns with their rfcbot!
Seems like a great way of tracking outstanding issues. E.g. https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74430#issuecomment-664693080