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The "million flies + ONE elephant" argument again (DOSX)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 01.03.2008, 05:58

> > IMO only MASM and NASM are generally usable tools in professional
> quality
>
> Argument doesn't work: NASM also has the critical design fault of
> neglecting "the difference between a variable and the address of a
> variable" - even worse, it was the first one and introduced this "bug"
>

Sorry, you missed the point. The "bracket/offset issue" is not a crucial thing. What is crucial to be "professional" is support for OMF + COFF and no severe bugs.

> btw, is MASM 6.xx compatible with MASM 5.xx at all ?
> ...
> A won't answer to this thread anymore, the time has come to stop this

Rather impolite - and also looks slightly foolish - to ask a question and then telling that you won't respond anymore. Btw, who is A?

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• DPMILD32 issues - DOS386, 19.02.2008, 03:06 (DOSX)
  • DPMILD32 issues - Japheth, 19.02.2008, 04:25
    • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - DOS386, 20.02.2008, 03:40
      • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - Japheth, 20.02.2008, 12:13
        • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - DOS386, 21.02.2008, 01:55
          • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - Japheth, 21.02.2008, 05:32
            • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - jaybur, 21.02.2008, 07:59
              • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - Japheth, 21.02.2008, 10:47
                • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - jaybur, 21.02.2008, 12:02
                  • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - Japheth, 21.02.2008, 12:42
                    • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - jaybur, 22.02.2008, 01:49
                      • GV32 - DOS386, 22.02.2008, 02:48
                        • GV32 - jaybur, 22.02.2008, 04:00
                          • GV32 - Japheth, 22.02.2008, 06:54
                            • GV32 - jaybur, 22.02.2008, 07:45
            • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - DOS386, 22.02.2008, 02:57
              • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - Japheth, 22.02.2008, 07:18
                • DPMILD32 issues - POASM - DOS386, 26.02.2008, 13:54
                  • The "million flies..." argument again? - Japheth, 26.02.2008, 16:32
                    • The "million flies..." argument again? - rr, 26.02.2008, 17:47
                      • The "million flies..." argument again? - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 07:38
                        • The "million flies..." argument again? - rr, 27.02.2008, 09:37
                    • The "million flies + ONE elephant" argument again - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:29
                      • The "million flies + ONE elephant" argument again - Japheth, 01.03.2008, 05:58
                      • DOS386 commands! - Steve, 01.03.2008, 06:35
                • [] issues (for GR keyboard users) - Rugxulo, 27.02.2008, 01:36
                  • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 07:33
                    • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - rr, 27.02.2008, 09:44
                      • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 18:28
                        • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - rr, 27.02.2008, 21:27
                      • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - Rugxulo, 27.02.2008, 19:05
                        • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - rr, 27.02.2008, 21:32
                          • [] issues - FASM riddle waiting to be solved - Rugxulo, 28.02.2008, 00:28
      • DPMILD32 issues - spawn trouble: solution found ??? - flox, 21.02.2008, 09:42