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xor ax, ax
A fancy way to say do nothing is not the same as translating back and forth. Example: Show me the intermediate translation.
Also we live in a 64bit world now old man
You're right.
xor rax, rax
Also that instruction does not do nothing, it resets the CPU register to zero without having to access RAM. Far from a NOP instruction.