From: "Andrew Crabtree" <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Comments cause GNU assembler problems
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:56:58 -0700
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Eric Rudd wrote in message <361D15DE DOT 4272C4C6 AT cyberoptics DOT com>...
>   fldl  4(%esp)              /* as.exe 2.7 doesn't like this comment */

you're writing assembly, not C

>   as test.S -o test.o

this should work if you invoke as through gcc.  'gcc test.S -o test.o'
should run the pre-processor and then the assembler.

Andy