Compiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper

Love Tom7, his video "Compiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper" [0] is my favorite but most of his stuff is super interesting. [0] ▶ this video

The author is an absolute legend. Absolutely every video on his Youtube channel is a masterpiece link And this includes the video that explains this code (Compiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper) ▶ this video

Every one of this guy's SIGBOVIK papers/videos are pure gold. His video about the printable x86[1] is my favorite engineering video of all time. ^1: ▶ this video

He's a mad genius! I like his compiler that generates executables made up only of printable characters: ▶ this video / link He's super playful and awesomely smart!

Mine are "Harder Drives"[1], "ELO World"[2], and "Printable x86"[3] [1] link [2] link [3] ▶ this video

A mix of various things. Google to get to the channel: pbs spacetime stuff made here ben eater's 8 bit computer mike boyd nerdforge sabine hossenfelder gotham chess uthermal 3blue1brown veritasium Numberphile Suckerpinch (all time favourite: ▶ this video ) Stevey's tech talk leonard susskind's stanford lectures

That last one (Tom 7's executable x86 paper) is incomplete without the video where he demonstrates running the paper (or running the paper yourself). ▶ this video

tom7 made a while video explaining how to create an executable only with printable characters [0]. He even write a compiler called 'ABC' for it. [0] ▶ this video

Tom Murphy VII (tom7) did such a thing. It's a partial C89 compiler that outputs only printable characters. In meta fashion, the compiler is compiled by itself to also contain only printable characters. The TXT and EXE files below are exactly the same. Video: ▶ this video Paper (PDF): link Paper (TXT): link Compiler (EXE): link

In the accompanying video[0] at 7:36 mark, he goes to great lengths to express (A or B) as (A and B) + (A xor B). Can anybody explain why it can't simply be expressed as (A and B) xor (A xor B)? What am I missing here? 0. ▶ this video

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