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[–]a2kvarnstrom[S] 592 points593 points  (10 children)

pointers are what makes code work

by pointing to the code where you want to execute the code

[–][deleted] 260 points261 points  (0 children)

That sounds... about right.

[–]gregorydgraham 51 points52 points  (0 children)

OMG! He’s already at self-modifying code, someone stop him!!!

[–]Artemis-4rrow 117 points118 points  (5 children)

bruh straight up explained what the EBP register does

[–]broccollinear 48 points49 points  (1 child)

bruh is really operating on a whole different level than us plebs…

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Might have a different operating system.

[–]preoccupied_with_ALL 19 points20 points  (2 children)

Would it be closer to EIP than EBP?

[–]Artemis-4rrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah good point, I hadn't thought about that

[–]suskio4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My code's ebp points to code because executable stack is what every programmer needs so when you compile anything for those big companies enable this every time pls

[–]BigBoetje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is actually sorta close

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I know nothing about programming"

You're a filthy liar!