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to: BRIAN MCCLOUD
from: BARRY BLOCK
date: 1997-05-23 13:43:00
subject: assembler interference

Hello Brian,
 BB> Added mov ss,cs and A86 ... changed the code "behind my back" to
 BB>   push cs / pop ss          which of course did not work!
 BB>                             (yes I know, mov ax,cs / mov ss,ax)
 BM> Perhaps you could find a way to disable "SMART" code generation...
     Can't be done :-)           See David K.'s witty reply to this.
Kind regards, Barry
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Hello David,
 DK> Don't'cha just _love_ Stone Age attempts at AI in an assembler?
 DK> I'd expect a compiler to do strange and wondrous things in attempts
 DK> to optimize, do memory models, etc. etc.
 DK> But not a bleedin' assembler! I wants my bytes where I puts 'em, and
 DK> not what some bleedin' filthy assembler author decides is better for me
 DK> .. or helps him enforce his licensing ...
 DK> And people wonder why A86 requires a religious conversion :-(
     You write well, David :-)
     I do like what A86 does right.
     And I don't care to wrap all my com files in a template.
Kind regards, Barry
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