Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:34:03 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: Rodrigo Ormonde <ormonde@aker.com.br>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembler with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199809031934.VAA10927@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of " Thu, 03 Sep 1998 12:09:54 -0400." <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809031206450.353-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809031206450.353-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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[ 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
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