From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 5 02:50:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA08077 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:50:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tig.com.au (mail.tig.com.au [209.76.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA08072 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:50:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from z2172268@student.unsw.edu.au) Received: from student.unsw.edu.au (p44-max8.syd.ihug.com.au [209.79.138.108]) by tig.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA26275; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 20:47:15 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <35F107A4.F617A64E@student.unsw.edu.au> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 19:43:00 +1000 From: chris/reman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: Mark Murray , Chuck Robey , Rodrigo Ormonde , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembler with FreeBSD References: <199809031340.NAA01183@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > > > 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! > > The syntax is fine. It's error handling, however, sucks. I think the AT&T syntax used in gas really sux, considering that most x86 assemblers (MASM, TASM, A86, NASM) all use standard Intel syntax I don't see why I should bother trying to learn a new way of expressing an already hard to use language, it's like someone decided to release a version of gcc with a ; at the start of statements, and the logic was x + y = z, just because thats how we normally write it andn not the arse-around way that ansi c uses. just my $0.02 regards, chris -- Christopher Day E-Mail the_reman@hotmail.com Homepage http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/1218 when the rain/when the children reign/keep your conscience in the dark melt the statues in the park - Fall On Me, REM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message