From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 3 12:37:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06177 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:37:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06170 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:37:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:0JBVF4gVWUsN10QOnasoW0fCEI7JHOj7@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA10927; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:34:05 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199809031934.VAA10927@gratis.grondar.za> To: Chuck Robey cc: Rodrigo Ormonde , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembler with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Your message of " Thu, 03 Sep 1998 12:09:54 -0400." References: Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:34:03 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ Delete this if unprepared to deal with religious issues!! ] Chuck Robey wrote: > Use nasm in ports. The syntax is closer to what you're used to, and > much nicer than gas'. On top of that, nasm actually has a very nice > manual with it, it's extremely readable, and you may find (like me) that > nasm's syntax is in fact superior to tasm's or masm's. Strong disagreement!! :-) (Manual and readability excluded from disagreement) > You don't really want to use gas, because it was never made for human > use, just as a back end for gcc, and it's reactions to errors stink. No way! GAS fixed the arse-about-face assembler that intel created!! They made the assembler language user-drool-friendly! M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message