The "mov is turing complete" thing is mostly about x86 mov having a lot of functionality. It can do arithmetic. The mov mnemonic basically encapsulates a bunch

The "mov is turing complete" thing is mostly about x86 mov having a lot of functionality. It can do arithmetic. The mov mnemonic basically encapsulates a bunch of functions (and opcodes), kind of like how git checkout can do at least ~3 distinct operations depending on arguments. That said, to have unbounded loops, they either need: - A branch at the end. OR - The use of pagefaults. So even then, it's not quite just the mov instruction alone.