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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 08:41:39 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu>
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Subject: Re: assembler for freebsd
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On Sun, Nov 02, 1997 at 04:49:06PM -0500, Wei Weng wrote:
> hi. folks
> Is there an assembler for freebsd? 

Yes.  as.

> And is the assembly language under freebsd the same as under dos?

No, it's UNIX-style, and almost undocumented.  Read the gcc info pages
for the low-down.  It's not for the faint-hearted.

Greg