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Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:53:22 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: GAS what is
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CORNU.Nicolas wrote:
> 
> no i don't know GNU assembler
> Henrik Berglund SdU <adb94hbd AT mds DOT mdh DOT se> a écrit dans le message :
> Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 05 DOT 9904150155340 DOT 11855-100000 AT legolas DOT mdh DOT se...
> > On 15 Apr 1999, CORNU.Nicolas wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > what is GAS ?
> > >
> >
> > Dont know Gnu assembler maybe?
> >

I think there was intended to be a comma after "know"...

Yes, GAS is indeed Gnu ASsembler.  The name is based on a Unix tradition
of naming the assembler "as"; GNU just prefixed a G.  But it does make
an interesting acronym.  GASP, the GAS Preprocessor, is even better
name-wise.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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