Re: HLA and embedded controllers


johnzulu wrote:
Randy,

Do you have any plans to support the embedded world using HLA?
Unfortunately the syntax may not be portable. The power of macros is a
great addition to assembly. At the current rate I would be using m4 to
tie certain value between asm and C...

John

If you're asking me if I intend to produce a set of assemblers for
microcontrollers with an HLA-like syntax, the answer is no. Too much
work, so little time...

However, It wouldn't be *that* hard for someone to take the *currrent*
(not on the web site) version of HLA v2.0 and have a run with it. The
current code pretty much does everything HLA will do except parsing
machine instructions. As soon as I get my current project done
(cleaning up the HLA stdlib and porting it to FreeBSD), I'll clean up
that code and post it.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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