Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 10:02:55 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unix + asm Message-ID: <199605270032.KAA23163@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3585.833135278@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at May 26, 96 06:27:58 pm
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Poul-Henning Kamp stands accused of saying: > > > Depends on your point of view, of course. For the Zilog `ld' > > mnemonic, ``ld dst, src'' sounds more reasonable to me (``load the dst > > with src.''). For the Intel `mov' mnemonic, the other way round seems > > better suited (``move src into dst.''). > > Principle of least asstonishment strikes again! I agree! How about tracking history a bit more? PDP/68K assembly syntax is all <mnem> <src>,<dst>, and I suspect that gas' origins lie more in that direction... > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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