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Subject: Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS
From: Alexander Viro <viro () math ! psu ! edu>
Date: 1999-08-05 18:47:40
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On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Another reason: People who can write 16-bit x86 assembly are likely to
> > > be ex-DOS hackers with MASM and TASM experience. To them, gas syntax
> > > may be hard to use.
> > >
> >
> > Indeed. NASM would be a better choice than either gas or as86.
>
> I know gas syntax and I know minix as (ie as86)syntax. I never figured out
> the messy verbose DOS syntax. So I don't buy this argument
As the TASM manual recommended "for maximal compatibility with MASM use
.nosmart
.quirks
directives or equivalent options (/nosmart /quirks)"... I agree with Alan
- TASM is weirder than gas and MASM... well, TASM was a big improvement
over that monstrosity.
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