In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George 
Gwilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes

>On 26 Feb 2007, at 16:12, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>
>>
>> Assembling the SMSQ/E source on GWASS as well as Qmac does give some
>> future protection.
>>
>> The user would not experience any difference, I assume.  Unless
>> using a
>> processor above a 60020 ?
>
>GWASS has a switch LOW_EA to prevent it producing 68020+ effective
>addresses and long branches so that it produces the correct code for
>SMSQE just as Qmac does. However, the possibility exists of having
>the better 68020+ code for Q40/60 say. An example is the conversion
>to floating point. This would be much more easily done using GWASS
>than using Qmac where you would have to use DC.W instructions to
>produce the code.
>
>George

Thanks, that is clear.

-- 
Malcolm Cadman
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