xchg rax, rax
Authored by xorpd
About the author: "Performs a bitwise logical exclusive-OR
of the two packed double-precision floating-point values
from the source operand (second operand) and the
destination operand (first operand), and stores the result
in the destination operand. The source operand can be an
XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. The destination
operand is an XMM register."
(Intel(r) 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual)
; 0x40 assembly riddles
"xchg rax,rax" is a collection of assembly gems and
riddles I found over many years of reversing and writing
assembly code. The book contains 0x40 short assembly
snippets, each built to teach you one concept about
assembly, math or life in general.
Be warned - This book is not for beginners. It doesn't
contain anything besides assembly code, and therefore some
x86_64 assembly knowledge is required.
Two of my favorite poems:
From the book's description on https://www.createspace.com/5067642: