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NASM version 2.09 available | 8086 is COOOOL (Announce)

posted by Arjay, 07.09.2010, 18:04

> > So is A86;
> Whoa! Kinda strong statement. I don't think anybody reasonably thinks A86
 I agree. I think it is also worth remembering there wasn't a lot of choice when A86 was first out. For a low cost assembler it was good in its day.


>> is crap.
> It's not. But yeah, it hasn't been developed since 2000,
I can't remember exact dates but I know AWBAT (Win32 "tweak") was developed until 2003. I have a D86 here also dated 2005. Eric does still respond to emails at least to registered folks - certainly the case couple of years ago.

> the point was that A86 can run on 8086 and compile that fork of RxDOS
 I think it is fair to say A86 has its downsides but also its positives. It is also nice if you want to compile simple progs without complex syntax's and yes as you've pointed out it runs on pretty much anything. Indeed I've not found anything it wouldn't run on including even "embedded" 286 typewriters !

> > (Actually, we don't even know whether A86 really is self-compiling.)
> A86 is (allegedly) self-compiling, if you believe the author.
 I do.

> > True. Expect releases in early 2038. (In the year 2038, that is.)
> The next Y2K problem. ;-)
 Don't worry there are a few before 2038.... 2010, 2011 (Y1C), 2036. Off the top of my head I also have 2017 in my mind but can't remember why/which platform. The added bonus is a number of systems were "fixed" in Y2K by as I understand it adjusting date fields "slightly" into the future in many cases 30 years=2030.

> * Nobody at Sybase probably cares anymore. Nobody seems interested. They
> don't seem to actively maintain or even ever plan to change the license.
The folks who probably knew understood it left, retired or are now senior managers who have moved away from techi work or are simply too busy elsewhere.

> So it's pretty much "dead" legally, IMHO.
 Typo? I think you meant IANAL not IMHO ;-)

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