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Re: MASM Boost dependency on Windows

 

On Oct 14, 2013 4:50 PM, "Dick Hollenbeck" <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Oct 14, 2013 4:45 PM, "Brian Sidebotham" <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> > On 14 October 2013 22:36, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> For now just comment out context.  We won't need it until building GAL
P&S.  Does mingw come with an assembler.  Does it suppprt inline asm?
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> >> Ther are only a coulple of small files to assemble.
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> >> Enabling context was a trial balloon.  Seems to have accomplished its
goal.
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> >
> > Excellent, will do.
> >
> > Yes, MinGW has GNU AS (It's part of binutils). I don't know why they've
implemented it with MASM instead for the Windows platform.
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> Specifically, for the MINGW buld environment, which could be a linux
hosted cross.  What then?
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> Duh.

Tom and Orson may have gas versions of those files.

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> > Thanks for the quick response Dick.
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> > Best Regards, Brian.

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