On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rugxulo et al,
> >
> > indeed xgrep and grep both have their uses... Regarding BWBASIC,
> > current FreeBASIC is extremely cool while BWBASIC was small but
> > somewhat sketchy, I would agree to drop BWBASIC from the distro.
>
> Literally, I'm not aware of anybody using BWBasic in recent years at
> all. From limited experience, although I did try to play with it a
> bit, unfortunately I found it too buggy. Maybe somebody can correct
> me, but I wouldn't directly recommend it (as is).
So there won't be a 16-bit QBASIC/GW-BASIC/BASICA replacement? I think
that is important to have. Even if it is buggy.
> > It should not be a requirement to be 16-bit compatible when we
> > are looking at non-BASE packages. If there are 16-bit versions,
> > it is good to include them, but for example in case of NASM, I
> > would make 32-bit the default. It just works well on common PC.
>
> NASM 0.98.39 was the last to have a 16-bit build. At least JWasmR
> exists too, but that has its own quirks. So yes, normally the 32-bit
> versions are "good enough".
>
At least one 16-bit assembler should be included, even if it is limited to
8086 instruction set.
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