Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Thu, 05 Aug 1999 14:15:01 -0700
Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> 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.
Of course, we're talking about NASM, not TASM.
-hpa
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