Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS | Date | Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:46:51 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > 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
Alan
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