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DevilStuff

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    Comment #41922533

    It's not really UB, I've seen games do things like this before. Basically, all data processing instructions can now act as branch instructions, simply by having their dest be PC. B…

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    Comment #41922507

    No worries, I'm glad you brought it up so I could amend the article to be more respectful to those that I look up to :)

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    Comment #41922323

    Anyway, I took the time to rewrite that paragraph a bit to be more respectful. :P Hopefully that'll come off better. The website take a few minutes to update.

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    Comment #41922297

    Ah I miscommunicated, I still think PC can and should be used in places like the operand of an LDR / ADD. It's using it as the output of certain instructions (and allowing it to be…

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    Comment #41922286

    Hey, I'm the author, sorry it came off that way, I was really just poking fun. I should've definitely phrased that better! But no, I really think that making the program counter a …

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    Comment #41922248

    In the GBA scene, people didn't actually tend to exploit the carry flag at all. If there was any anti emulation, it was usually flashcart related or cpu timing related.

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    Comment #41922215

    The big issue is that it doesn't really need to be a GPR. You never find yourself using the PC in instructions other than in, say, the occasional add instruction for switch case ju…

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    Comment #41901102

    Better code, yeah I agree. It's way more easily understandable. At least for me though, 99% of my bash use is stuff that will never be seen by anyone else, so the simpler keystroke…

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    Comment #33602359

    Why D? Why not C / C++?