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What is the purpose of the EBP register?
So, I'm currently learning x86 assembly language. I know that the ESP register contains the location of the front of the stack, but what is EBP? I'm reading this article here: http://forum.codecall.net/topic/65232-assembly-loc... and it doesn't give a clear answer to what it really does. Is it to somehow save the stack pointer when calling a function, so I can restore the stack frame after the function returns? I know it stands for "Extended Base Pointer", but what is a base pointer?
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
when you make function calls then you will be using the base pointer for creating and acessing local variables