Message-Id: <199701080124.CAA29365@math.amu.edu.pl> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Mark Habersack" Organization: What? (Poznan, Poland) To: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 02:21:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Intel ASM Possible Reply-to: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Once upon a time (on 7 Jan 97 at 18:42) Benjamin D Chambers said: > I've said it before, and I'll say it again... > AT&T syntax makes more sense and is easier than Intel. > YES, I did start on Intel (a few _years_ before using AT&T syntax, > actually.) If you know ASM, it shouldn't take more than a day or two > to get the basics, and after a week you shouldn't have any problems > (unless you use _really_ cryptic code). > > I don't mean to rant at people, especially those having trouble, but > I wish they would give something a try before complaining that they > won't or it's too hard or they can't believe it or whatever. I can only second that. I also started on Intel and used it for a few years. More that year ago I started to use DJGPP and found GAS syntax much more intuitive and 'natural'. Now I have problems reading TASM/MASM code ;-)) And I also don't understand how one can complain on anything without giving it a good chance. I, for example, decided that I don't like Pearl, but it was after I wrote a few lines with it. For me it's just avoidance of effort - I don't mean to offend anybody - and I could never understand that kind of attitude. If anybody feels offended with what I wrote - sorry, that's what I think... ########################################################### We're terminal cases that keep taking medicine pretending the end isn't quite that near. We make futile gestures, act to the cameras with our made up faces and a PR smiles. And when the angel comes down to deliver us, we'll find out after all we're only men of straw. ---- Visit http://ananke.amu.edu.pl/~grendel