Greetings Patriek Lesparre,
PL>No, there must be some deeper meaning to the mnemonics-style.
>Otherwise all processors would use the same style mnemonics,
>wouldn't they?!
Some of it is just semantics. For example, what Zilog says is a
"jump", Motorola says is a "branch"; Motorola says "jump" when
Zilog says "call"; a Zilog "interrupt" is a Motorola "exception."
These differing definitions guarantee differing mnemonics.
Some manufacturers just want to have their own style. Most CP/M
programmers have seen the Assemblers that implement extended Z80
instructions using Intel-8080 style mnemonics. At the binary
(executable) level, there's no difference between the two.
Consistency does exist within any one manufacturer, so it's easy
to develop a liking for one brand. I'm particularly fond of Zilog.
Cheers,
Greg_
http://www.netcom.ca/~telic
98.Sept.29, Toronto, Canada.
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