From:	Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM>
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Subject:	Re: Which assembler to use?
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:56:54 +0100, "Student, T.U.E."
<YourName AT student DOT tue DOT nl> wrote:

>I'm currently working on a VESA library

Reinventing the wheel _again_?

>and I want to implement the sprite drawing functions and such
>in assembly. I already have a working sprite routine (for 8 bits
>color modes) for the NASM compiler. Now I'm wondering whether
>the GAS assembler is faster/produces better code than NASM
>or is there no difference?

Assembly is assembly, isn't it?

>(btw.: how much faster is aligned code than non-aligned?).

There's only really a difference on K6-2's IIRC.

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