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purpleorange · Nov 22nd, 2006, 11:30 PM

After reading through some of Programming from the Ground Up, I can't help but notice that the author uses 'movl'. In the Tajga Tutorial, the author uses 'mov'. What does the 'l' stand for and is there a difference between the two instructions? In this wikibook page, it shows some other mov's with different endings, but not the one with the 'l' even though it uses it in it's sample. Is the 'movl' instruction specific to GAS?

Nov 22nd, 2006, 11:30 PM	#1
purpleorange Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oh gosh, where I live. This is all so sudden. Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	What's the difference between mov and movl? After reading through some of Programming from the Ground Up, I can't help but notice that the author uses 'movl'. In the Tajga Tutorial, the author uses 'mov'. What does the 'l' stand for and is there a difference between the two instructions? In this wikibook page, it shows some other mov's with different endings, but not the one with the 'l' even though it uses it in it's sample. Is the 'movl' instruction specific to GAS?