Most of the following statements are wrong. Which statement is true?

Question

Most of the following statements are wrong.  Which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

lea can be used for several purposes, including loading a pointer into 
 
the destination register, as well as other purposes

Answer

lea does the same thing as load, but lea is used when the value is a pointer

Answer

lea calculates the effective address in a different way than load does

Answer

lea is useless, its purpose is to annoy programmers

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