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NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 05.06.2008, 01:37

> > At least by default they don't assemble (tested with 00.26.11 and Nov.
> 1's
> > srcs).
>
> Yes. I also tried it with some sources. Apparently it doesn't know how to
> handle forward references. Luckily it knows what a label is ...

Like I said, it doesn't like "mov ax, word ptr [blah]" (assuming "blah dw 0") for some reason (IIRC).

> > * very slow (at least on old machines)
>
> Well, yes, it's compiled with DGPJJ, what did you expect?

No, that's not it. NASM and YASM are much much faster.

> > But hey, it's not bad, just could use some improvement. (But it's a
> > one-man project, closed src, so I can't help, not that I'm so useful
> > anyways.)
>
> Ok, but "selling" it as "Masm v5.1 compatible" requires some boldness.

Yes, well, it's more MASM-y than NASM-y, wouldn't you say?

Complete thread:

• NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Steve, 14.05.2008, 06:52 (Announce)
  • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - DOS386, 31.05.2008, 03:49
    • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Steve, 31.05.2008, 04:14
      • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Japheth, 31.05.2008, 07:23
        • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 01:47
          • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Japheth, 04.06.2008, 19:02
            • NewBasic Assembler (NBASM) upgrade - Rugxulo, 05.06.2008, 01:37