From: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why not build in inline 80x86 assembly, like in borland C
Date: 22 Oct 1997 19:04:55 GMT
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M. Schulter <mschulter AT value DOT net> wrote:

: There are a few differences between DJGPP and some other "Gintel"
: environments (i.e. GAS + Intel i386). For example, a Linux "hello.s" seems
: to use '.global main' instead of 'global _main', and there may be a
: different convention in terms of restoring %ecx.

That should, of course, be '.global _main' for DJGPP, with the proper
period before '.global'.

Better late than never with such a basic correction.

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net