On Tuesday, 2009-11-17, at 13:47 , Wei Dai wrote: > That's because the assembler in Mac OS X is based on a very old > version of GNU AS, which doesn't support .intel_syntax. The > assembly code in Crypto++ is written in Intel syntax to be > compatible with Microsoft compilers/assemblers.
It is indeed a very old version. It calls itself "v1.38". GNU AS v1.38 was released so long ago that I can't figure out when it was. It was released before 1996, and probably many years before 1996. I think that Apple refuses to upgrade to the new GNU assembler because the new one is under GPLv3 and Apple doesn't like that. So, I don't know if or how this situation is ever going to be improved. Apple will patch its ancient version of as to do the new syntax? Wei Dai will write old-style-syntax variants of all his assembly just for Mac OS X? Apple will give up and accept GPLv3- licensed assembler? All Apple users will instead install some open source operating system on their machines? I guess what will happen is Crypto++ will continue to be much slower on Mac OS X than on other systems. Maybe this doesn't matter in practice. Just how slow is it? Slow enough that it diminishes your battery life? Slow enough that it worsens the user experience? Maybe someone who cares about this issue should write to Apple and request that their assembler support Intel syntax. Regards, Zooko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com.
