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to: Tom Torfs
from: Rinat Sadretdinow
date: 1996-12-06 11:07:28
subject: x86 assembler for os/2 Wa

Hello Tom!

 RS>> I don't like this. I frequently use 'record', 'high', 'low',
 RS>> 'purge', 'union', etc. in my programs and I think that assembler
 RS>> not supporting 'record' is not an assmbler. Morever, it cannot
 RS>> pretend even to be called 'assembler'.

 TT> As soon as it can translate mnemonic code into machine code, it's an
 TT> assembler.

I ment 'de facto' extensions. WASM has no.

 RS>> So I use tasm, it's really nice, especially in ideal mode.

 TT> I use both WASM (when linking asm modules with Watcom C/C++) and TASM
 TT> (for standalone asm & linking with Borland C/C++).

I use TASM only. Why should I bother myself with WASM? TASM produces .obj
that WLINK can handles. So I never used WASM after I've tried it first
time.

Bye!
Rinat Sadretdinow                                              [Team OS/2]

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