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NASM 2.00 "stable" available (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 29.11.2007, 11:08

The NASM developers (hpa, fbkotler, ccrayne, kkanios, etc.) have released the "stable" 2.00 version of NASM on 28 Nov 2007.

Website: http://nasm.sf.net/

Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6208

Changes:

> Added c99 data-type compliance.
> Added general x86-64 support.
> Added win64 (x86-64 COFF) output format.
> Added __BITS__ standard macro.
> Renamed the elf output format to elf32 for clarity.
> Added elf64 and macho (MacOS X) output formats.
> Added Numeric constants in DQ directive.
> Added oword, do and reso pseudo operands.
> Added 8-bit floating-point format.
> Correct the generation of floating-point constants.
> Added Floating-point option control.
> Added Infinity and NaN floating point support.
> Added ELF Symbol Visibility support.
> Added Setting OSABI value in ELF header directive.
> Added Generate Makefile Dependencies option.
> Added Unlimited Optimization Passes option.
> Added %IFN and %ELIFN support.
> Added Logical Negation Operator.
> Enhanced Stack Relative Preprocessor Directives.
> Enhanced ELF Debug Formats.
> Enhanced Send Errors to a File option.
> Added SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE5 support.
> Added a large number of additional instructions.
> Significant performance improvements.

Complete thread:

• NASM 2.00rc1 available - Steve, 20.11.2007, 18:51 (Announce)
  • NASM 2.00rc3 ?? - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 10:09
    • NASM 2.00rc3 available - Steve, 27.11.2007, 06:41
  • NASM 2.00 "stable" available - Rugxulo, 29.11.2007, 11:08