DOS ain't dead - FASM is superior for DOS programming

FASM is superior for DOS programming (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 30.12.2008, 22:40

Rugxulo wrote:

> FASM ain't the only assembler to assemble itself:
> Octasm, Wolfware, TMA, NBASM16, NGASM, A86, Intasm, XASM, Rosasm

Most of them are obsolete or toys. RosAsm is NT GUI only ( I have some bugs pending about ROS examples with HX GUI, heh ... :-| )

Japheth wrote:

> Since we are in a DOS forum here: for DOS programming , especially 16bit,
> FASM is inferior IMVHO, simply because there's no support for OMF output
> format implemented.

This is a fault, no doubt.

> fact that it is written in ASM and can be assembled by itself is probably
> worth to be mentioned, but not as an advantage but as a disadvantage.

Explain please. :hungry:

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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