To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: assembler
Message-ID: <19970101.141218.4983.3.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:07:11 EST


On 31 Dec 1996 19:14:04 GMT "Bob Platko" <platko AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> writes:
[snip]
>Is there any tutorial that teaches ASM from the beginning teaching the 
>AT&T
>syntax.  I haven't been able to find one tutorial that teaches the 
>AT&T
>syntax without any prior knowledge of Intel ASM.

Probably because the chipset we use is Intel, so nobody thinks you're
going to need AT&T syntax.  Besides which, most books are either on a
particular chip or for a particular program (such as Tasm).  Intel isn't
going to write a book about the Pentium in AT&T Syntax, and Borland isn't
going to document a syntax their compiler isn't compatible with :(
I think you're right, though, and maybe the DJGPP Knowledge Base should
contain a from-scratch tutorial on AT&T syntax - if someone could be
found with the time to write it.  Anyone else have some thoughts?

...Chambers