IB> There are a few things needed to complete the conversion, mainly the
 IB> signature. The easiest way to do this is to generate some prototype C
 IB> code then use the "Compile to AS" option to get the
needed code e.g.

 IB> void delall(char * direct)
 IB>     {
 IB>     ...
 IB>     }

 IB> produces the following:-

 IB>     .globl  small_data
 IB>     .globl  small_code
 IB>     ...
 IB>     .psect  _TEXT,class=CODE
 IB>     .globl  _delall
 IB>     .signat _delall,4152
 IB> _delall:
 IB>     ...

Ah, a SENSIBLE assember!

BTW, this is the basic format/syntax of assembler used by any of the UNIX
variants available for the PC since the Microsoft/SCO Xenix days of 1986.
The GNU assembler uses much the same sort of thing. The syntax - but of
course not the instruction set - is derived from assembler for the DEC PDP
series of processors on which UNIX was first developed.

The funny thing about it is that the more "modern" intel formats
are slowly devolving back to this syntax. The primary problem is that they
still get the left/right operands around the wrong way. :-)

BTW, does this assember use  opcode from,to  as used by the PDP style
assembler  or  opcode to,from  as used by the Intel ASM degenerates?

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