> if you love assembly code, the assembler on Plan 9 is not great. > > If you love assembly code, you are in need of a CAT scan in my view. > > The v6 manual entry for as called assembly code "the ultimate dead > language". If only that had been true. > > gcc and friends have made the world safe for assembly, and there is more > assembly in use than ever. > > Writing assembly code should be as painful as possible. Plan 9 > succeeds in that regard. It's a good thing in my view. > > ron
i don't think that it follows from the fact that assembly language is inappropriately used in a lot of linux software that it should be as hard to use as possible on plan 9. there are some tasks that must be in assembly language. and it's a good tool for learning how the machine works. sometimes, like on really small controllers, it's the best tool for the job. just my 2ยข. - erik p.s. relax ron. i promise not to rewrite plan 9 in assembly language.
