> Have you SEEN Intel assembly - it is awful ! :O) The NASM syntax is better - using brackets for all address expressions and not bothering with % signs for registers makes it look clearer. I find 68k assembler easier though. My only gripe is all those .Bs, .Ws, etc. can make it look a mess.
I do like the idea of having a standalone x86 SBASIC, but the maintenance issue probably makes it less attractive for developers than the emulator. Ian BTW I missed most of the assembler articles in QL Toady. Are they available online, or as back issues? > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman.Dunbar > Sent: 10 October 2001 13:50 > To: ql-users > Cc: Norman.Dunbar > Subject: RE: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing > QDOS for x86 processors > > > Phoebus, > > You are really sad :o) > > Why leave a perfectly good Greece for a home in Pennsylvania ? > > > I can see a couple of (minor) flaws with your suggestion, but as an > exercise, it appeals to my sense of humor quite a bit. The flaws are : > > what happens if we use PortAsm/68K and there are bugs in the > generated code > - we'd need to be seriously good Intel assembly language > programmers to fix > that - I suspect only Marcus would be able to sort it out. > > I'd have to learn Intel assembly myself, then do a series of > articles in QL > Toady - and you'd all get very very bored very very quickly :o) > > Have you SEEN Intel assembly - it is awful ! > > All the system variables, Basic variables, interrupts, vectors, traps > whouldn't be there any more so we'd have to either code in C > - oops, forgot, > we can't, no C compiler :o) > > It just wouldn't be QDOSMSQ any more toto !! > > Nice mental exercise though. > > > Norman. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > - > Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 > Fax: 0113 289 3146 > Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > - > Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.
