Re: ML.EXE and more goodies direct from Microsoft.

Al Leitch <aleitch@3*&comcast.net> écrivait news:E6ydncCkh53VSDneRVn-
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> On the subject of MASM, over the years I've noticed in you a strong
> leaning toward the idea of a one true assembler and that everybody will
> switch to programming in asm. I've always believed in the "to each
their
> own" philosophy. Some prefer RosAsm, others MASM (just became a new
> convert), NASM, etc. Some like HLL and others like ASM and yet others
> like both depending on the task. What's wrong with variety and
> difference? Each language has its strengths and weaknesses.

MASM is simply the worst possible choice. Period.


> Another issue with only coding in ASM is the fact that you'll need to
> learn a new asm if you ever decide to code for a different platform (PC
> versus the Palm, which used to have M68328 Dragonball but now ARM).
> That's time spent learning not only the new asm but also the api,
> programming paradigm, etc for that platform. When I decided to give
Palm
> a shot, I had to learn that stuff.

Completely out of the subject, but also with
auto-contradiction. On one hand, you promote
Multi-Tools usages, and, on the other hand,
learning, eventualy, two Assembly Syntaxes
would be killing you.

Then, in the real workd, the facts are that
99% of the programmers write for one single
Processor, when not for one single OS.

So goes the C world: Portability, Names-Spaces
Pollutions, Containments, and so on,... all
things that do not exist or that are utterly
useless, but that work, nevertheless, very fine
as a Mythology.


Betov.

< http://rosasm >





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