title: What does the LEAL assembly instruction do?
body: <p>I am a little bit confused about the difference between</p>
  
  <pre><code>leal -4(%ebp), %eax       
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and </p>
  
  <pre><code>movl -4(%ebp), %eax
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone explain this to me? </p>