Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:15:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: http://www.descent2.com/ddn/sources/descent1/index.html Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128221126.341U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199801290213.UAA03855@detlev.UUCP>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > >> I think you're wrong ... I have done this recently, with some success ... > >> you take the original code and compile it (me with my Borland tools, which > >> compile Masm code ok) and then use the "o2c.exe" program to translate from > >> Intel OMF to coff. > > Hmm, that's cheating. > > We're hackers. Don't we pretty much cheat by definition? :-) Actually, I understand what he meant, and he's right, but I really, really hate the GAS/AT&T assembler format, and I won't put any time into learning it. If I had the time, I would sooner spend it figuring out how to make gcc spit out NASM mnemonics ... they seem a lot more reasonable. In my mind, they make more obvious sense (to me), which means I make less coding errors. Others might disagree, I think this might be a point of personal prejudice. I've done a lot of assembler coding lately, tho, so I feel justified in putting the point forward. > > Happy hacking, > joelh > > -- > Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan > Fourth law of programming: > Anything that can go wrong wi > sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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