alt Hacker NewsLEA is the equivalent of & in C. It gives you the address of something.
Fun question: what does the last line of this do?
MOV BP,12 LEA AX,[BP] MOV BX,34 LEA AX,BX
LEA is the equivalent of & in C. It gives you the address of something.
Fun question: what does the last line of this do?
MOV BP,12 LEA AX,[BP] MOV BX,34 LEA AX,BX
I think OP was just making a comment on the asymmetry of the syntax. Brackets [] are usually used to dereference.
Why is this written
instead of just