Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:52:10 -0500
Message-Id: <199902201452.JAA10473@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <0d43f2145091429NET015S@hetnet.nl> (message from Airhead Zoom on
	20 Feb 1999 10:45:22 +0100)
Subject: Re: ASM question
References:  <0d43f2145091429NET015S AT hetnet DOT nl>
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


> What's the difference between AS.EXE and DJASM.EXE?  And what is
> NASM?  These are already 3 assemblers for ONE DJGPP package!!!!

as is gcc's 32-bit assembler.  Motorola syntax, very efficient for gcc
to use.  djasm is a 16-bit assembler built just for the stub, sbrk,
and exit.  nasm is an Intel-syntax general-purpose assembler.

While the stub could have used nasm, (1) nasm wasn't around then, and
(2) djasm makes djgpp self-sufficient.

> Also: PLEASE!! Do not post in HTML. There are still people (like me)
> who don't have HTML capable mailing programs. If the HTML is not
> necessary (If you're just writing text) please turn it off... I'd
> really appreciate it!

Yeah, we all know this.  Saying it again won't help, because it's the
people who are new to the list who need educating.  Please post
*private* replies to them, pointing them to
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ if you like.