DOS ain't dead

JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 18.06.2008, 14:34

> Japheth wrote:
>
> > JWasm v1.8 is almost mature.
> > - Masm v5.1 compatibility option -Zm
>
> WOW ! Can it compile RX-DOS ?

I don't know. Is this of any relevance? It can compile the "lost" UIDE.ASM.

> > - support for listings
> > - COFF output format
>
> Wow ... but any benefit except that it allows using PO-link ?

Yes. It allows to use GNU ld - if the COFF "emulation" is supported, as it is in DGPJJ's ld. Also, there are some restrictions in OMF which are not present in COFF (OTOH, some things can only be done with OMF). Finally, there are lots of PE tools which will accept the JWasm COFF output, while OMF tools are now somewhat "obsolete".

> > With COFF support implemented in JWasm, I was able to switch the
> assembler
> > used for HX. Now virtually all modules are assembled with JWasm.
>
> COOL. WLINK bug (500 DKRNL exports are too much ??? ) affects
> OMF only ?

No. I don't use WLINK for the Win32 emulation binaries.

> > Masm must die!
>
> Wow
>
> > I will defend MASM
>
> wow

>
> > IMO only MASM and NASM are generally usable tools in
> professional quality
>
> wow

"the better is the enemy of the good"

---
MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• JWasm v1.8pre - Japheth, 17.06.2008, 11:04 (Announce)
  • JWasm v1.8pre | killing MA$M now ??? - DOS386, 18.06.2008, 12:23
    • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? - Japheth, 18.06.2008, 14:34
      • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - ecm, 18.06.2008, 16:58
        • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - Japheth, 18.06.2008, 19:17
          • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - Rugxulo, 18.06.2008, 19:38
            • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - Rugxulo, 19.06.2008, 23:43
              • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - ecm, 20.06.2008, 12:58
          • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - ecm, 18.06.2008, 19:46
            • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? | Compiling RxDOS - Japheth, 18.06.2008, 19:55
      • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? - DOS386, 19.06.2008, 08:33
        • JWasm v1.8pre | killing good MASM now ??? - Japheth, 19.06.2008, 10:02
          • rxdos + jwasm - Japheth, 20.06.2008, 07:47
          • JWasm v1.8pre | WLINK | PO | M | VALX - DOS386, 20.06.2008, 09:33
  • JWasm v1.8pre - Rugxulo, 07.08.2008, 07:09
    • JWasm v1.9 available - Japheth, 07.08.2008, 10:04
    • JWasm v1.8pre - Rugxulo, 20.08.2008, 22:29
      • JWasm v1.8pre - rr, 21.08.2008, 14:37
        • JWasm v1.8pre - Rugxulo, 21.08.2008, 22:04
          • JWasm v1.8pre - rr, 21.08.2008, 22:36
  • JWasm Forum - Japheth, 14.08.2008, 16:41
    • JWasm Forum - Rugxulo, 17.08.2008, 00:25
  • JWasm v1.91 - Japheth, 20.08.2008, 07:02
    • JWasm v1.91 - DOS386, 20.08.2008, 07:52
      • JWasm v1.91 - Japheth, 20.08.2008, 10:33
  • JWasm v1.92 is out - Japheth, 23.09.2008, 09:48
    • JWasm v1.92 is out - DOS386, 23.09.2008, 16:06
      • JWasm v1.92 is out - Japheth, 24.09.2008, 14:03
        • JWasm v1.92 is out - Steve, 24.09.2008, 23:44
        • JWasm v1.92 is out | fixed old bug | added new bug - DOS386, 25.09.2008, 15:55
          • JWasm v1.92 is out | fixed old bug | added new bug - Japheth, 25.09.2008, 17:21
            • JWasm v1.92 is out | many bugs found - DOS386, 04.10.2008, 04:39
              • JWasm v1.92 is out | many bugs found - Japheth, 04.10.2008, 08:53
                • JWasm v1.92 is out | many bugs found - Rugxulo, 04.10.2008, 20:28
                • JWasm v1.92 is out | many bugs found - DOS386, 05.10.2008, 13:47
  • JWasm v1.93 is out - Japheth, 26.10.2008, 20:06
    • JWasm v1.93 is out - DOS386, 29.10.2008, 09:46
      • JWasm v1.93 is out - Japheth, 29.10.2008, 13:59
        • JWasm v1.93 is out - ecm, 29.10.2008, 19:59
        • WARNING: your answers made me dangerously smart :-D - DOS386, 11.11.2008, 15:02
          • WARNING: your answers made me dangerously smart :-D - Japheth, 07.12.2008, 15:04
            • minor bug: REP CMPSB - Rugxulo, 07.12.2008, 20:28
              • minor bug: REP CMPSB - Japheth, 07.12.2008, 22:37
  • JWasm v1.94 - Japheth, 19.12.2008, 18:19
    • JWasm v1.94a and b - Japheth, 21.12.2008, 15:05
      • JWasm v1.94a and b - Rugxulo, 23.12.2008, 07:13
        • JWasm v1.94a, b and c - Japheth, 24.12.2008, 12:50
          • JWasm v1.94a, b and c and 1.95 pre - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 01:27
            • Reason isn't easy to find ... - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:31
              • JWasm and FASM are more robust than others - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:28
                • FASM is inferior for DOS programming - Japheth, 30.12.2008, 08:10
                  • FASM can't understand OMF ".OBJ" files - Rugxulo, 30.12.2008, 20:14
                    • FASM can't understand OMF ".OBJ" files - Japheth, 01.01.2009, 19:33
                      • FASM can't understand OMF ".OBJ" files - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 04:45
                      • FASM can't brew (!) OMF ".OBJ" files OBJCONV port it away - DOS386, 02.01.2009, 10:39
                        • FASM can't brew (!) OMF ".OBJ" files OBJCONV port it away - Japheth, 02.01.2009, 11:14
                          • I like the bin format - ecm, 02.01.2009, 19:00
                            • FASM lacks OMF/OBJ support (16- / 32-bit) - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 19:59
                              • FASM lacks OMF/OBJ support (16- / 32-bit) - ecm, 02.01.2009, 22:36
                                • FASM lacks OMF/OBJ support (16- / 32-bit) - DOS386, 04.01.2009, 11:17
                                  • FASM lacks OMF/OBJ support (16- / 32-bit) - Rugxulo, 04.01.2009, 21:26
                  • FASM is superior for DOS programming - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 22:40
  • JWasm BANNED - DOS386, 22.03.2009, 05:10
    • No - Japheth, 22.03.2009, 06:42
      • Overlay swopping and segment macros - ecm, 22.03.2009, 11:49
      • No - Rugxulo, 27.03.2009, 17:00
        • No - Japheth, 28.03.2009, 07:11