Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:48:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Paganini <Nathan E. Banks> wrote:

> So neither one is really better than the other...it's just religious...like
> whether to comment or to document?

No, it's not religious.  GCC produces its assembly output in the AT&T
style, so it must use Gas which accepts that style.  NASM doesn't
accept AT&T style, so it cannot be used with the compiler.  But you
*can* use NASM to compile assembly-language modules.