Re: Definitions - What are yours?

On Jul 31, 9:44 am, Betov <be...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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Actually, *all* assemblers are compilers for assembly language.

No clown. "Compilers for assembly language" are tool like MASM,
that break the one to one correspondance. This is not subject to
discussion.

Wow. How arrogant you are. You think that just because *you* create
some definition it is not subject to discussion.

Sorry dude, but Aho, Sethi, and Ullman have a bit better reputation
for language and compiler design than you have. I think I'll stick
with the industry standard definitions that they use, rather than use
the definitions you've created so you can attempt to create an
artificial division between your product and the products it has to
compete with (that you don't want to have to compete with).



Now, all Assemblers are also "Compilers", in the generic acception
of the word *Compiler*, but this is not, at all, the topic.

Yes, an assembler is a compiler for an assembly language. I'm glad
you've come to understand that, finally. MASM, being a "compiler for
an assembly language" is an assembler. Same is true for TASM and HLA.
hLater,
Randy Hyde


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