-=> On 27 Nov 96  13:11:07 Rinat Sadretdinow said to Tom Torfs <=-

 RS> Hello Tom!
 
 VJ>> WASM (WatCom C 10.x),
 RS>> It's rather strange assembler (syntax is poor).
 TT> What do you mean ? It's MASM-compatible...

Strange by definition, eh?

 RS> Here is a cut from Watcom Assembler reference:

{all references to useful info removed}

 RS> I don't like this. I frequently use 'record', 'high', 'low', 'purge',
 RS> 'union', etc. in my programs and I think that assembler not supporting
 RS> 'record' is not an assmbler. 

Really? assemblers are there because you are doing low-level stuff.
If you are doing things to records, maybe you should get a pascal compiler?

 RS> Morever, it cannot pretend even to be called 'assembler'. 

I think there's a fair amunt of precedent that when it comes to software
just about anything can be claimed by anyone. However, recently a British
judge ruled that software has to work if the supplier does not want to
be sued for damage! 

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

Unfortunately, there is no requirement to be nice to be called an assembler.
I cannot see this changing in the forseable future. Let me know if I'm wrong.



Andrew



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