Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:13:12 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: David Cuthbert <dacut@kanga.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GCC as a selling point for FreeBSD? (Not!) Message-ID: <xzpd6mqy7br.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <3E2B89EC.4000107@kanga.org> (David Cuthbert's message of "Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:32:28 -0500") References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030119130825.00b21ee0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030119133833.00e422f0@localhost> <200301201620.37863.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <3E2B89EC.4000107@kanga.org>
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David Cuthbert <dacut@kanga.org> writes: > Inline assembly syntax -- that is, C code containing bits of assembly > instructions -- isn't portable, anyway. The GNU solution is certainly > unique, though not very usable to those of us who teethed on Borland > compilers. I prefer separating the C and assembly completely, and > bringing them together at link time. GCC's way of handling inline assembler code is in no way unique, as anyone who had the pleasure of using Watcom C/C++ will testify. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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