From: mschulter AT  DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: differences
Date: 8 Sep 1997 17:23:04 GMT
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r_v_n (r_v_n AT hotmail DOT com) wrote:
: I'am trying to program ASM with GAS from DJ but
: I find two files that seems to do the same...
: 
: /bin/djasm.exe and /bin/as.exe
: 
: What the difference between????

Hi, there.

The answer, in short, is that as.exe (the GNU assembler, or GAS for short)
is the assembler actually meant for use by the user -- to process C
programs with or without inline assembler, or to process handcoded
assembly files.

Please note that djasm.exe is _not_ meant for the user, only for use by
djgpp itself in taking care of certain DOS-related tasks in producing an
executable.

Thus GAS has documentation included -- try Section 17.1 of the FAQ and

info as

while djasm is left undocumented, because the odds are very high that you
really want to keep your hands off of it <grin>.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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