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Subject: Re: Watcom vs djgpp
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> Gas does support Intel syntax, but it's tricky to make GCC invoke it
> with the appropriate switch.
>
> Anyway, that's not the problem I had in mind.  Watcom has special
> pragmas frequently used with inline assembly, which will need to be
> converted to GCC equivalents.  This is not easy.

The pragma's should be no more difficult to convert than normal _asm {} blocks.
There are a few tricky things to take into consideration, such as the ability
to define what variables go into what registers, instead of having them passed
in Watcom's normal order.  What specifically did you have in mind, Eli?
(Anything pertaining to Watcom C interests me ;)

AndrewJ