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Yes a NOP is an instruction to do something. It tells the cpu to not change state for a period of time equal to how long it takes to execute the NOP.
by HumblyTossed 6y ago
Yes a NOP is an instruction to do something. It tells the cpu to not change state for a period of time equal to how long it takes to execute the NOP.
- mycall 6y agoHow about in a higher level language? C program that is all semicolons vs. a book of all semicolons? Neither computer nor human is any more knowledgeable after reading it.
- HumblyTossed 6y agoI haven't compiled a C program in years so I'm honestly not sure what an all ; program would do. But assuming it would just do nothing, well that is still an instruction to the computer. Delays are very meaningful. Serial communication is a great example.