Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:58:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Brett Porter <bporter AT rabble DOT uow DOT edu DOT au>
cc: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>, DJGPP <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Why not build in inline 80x86 assembly, like in borland C
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On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Brett Porter wrote:

> But surely the compiler can "compile" the Intel asm to AT&T format, the same
> way it compiles the C++ source to AT&T code?

How can you expect a C or C++ compiler to be able to compile assembly, 
which is an entirely different language?  Would you expect it to be able
to compile a Pascal program, for example?  It just can't, it only 
understands a single source language.