Re: a compembler for x86 that looks nearly portable

"R. L. Watkins" <RLWatkins@CompuServe.Com>
24 Jan 2002 15:04:14 -0500

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From: "R. L. Watkins" <RLWatkins@CompuServe.Com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Jan 2002 15:04:14 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 02-01-038 02-01-043 02-01-074
Keywords: assembler, architecture
Posted-Date: 24 Jan 2002 15:04:14 EST

Yes. The same thing might be said for parts of the PDP-11 / WD-16
instruction set, on which Macro 11 is based. Most useful seem to be the
ones they have in common.


That convergence is probably the result of what programmers in general need
(e.g. the addressing modes), as opposed to "special purpose" features that
are most useful for specific applications (e.g. the binary-to-BCD
instructions).


R. L. Watkins


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Hohensee" <rickh@capaccess.org>
> The point I personally want to repeat in groups such as this
> is that the 386 might be a superset of a useful portable
> virtual machine. If you look at osimplay source, the 386-ness
> is not often evident.

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