I got a similar impression. Discussing addressing modes, > This is probably a more faithful representation of what happens in the x86 code as well. I doubt you

I got a similar impression. Discussing addressing modes, > This is probably a more faithful representation of what happens in the x86 code as well. I doubt you can multiply with anything but multiples of 2, since multiplication is a fairly complex operation. For an article comparing instruction sets, ‘I dunno and didn't care enough to spend 30 seconds Googling’ does not inspire confidence.