Sure, xor'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub? - The Old New Thing

XOR'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out. Why not sub?

Somehow xor became the most popular version.
188 points by ingve 183 days ago devblogs.microsoft.com 192 comments
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