[Coco] Which version of asm is the most popular?

[Bill Nobel]

I myself like rma (or r63 for 6309) from the c compiler package, aka c.asm.  Only thing I don’t like is that it can’t assemble system modules.

Bill Nobel

> On Aug 11, 2014, at 8:04 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> Personally, I like the old one as I frequently use code snips from old sources and have to go through and modify all the code if I use the new one.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 4:24 pm
> Subject: [Coco] Which version of asm is the most popular?
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> To all those who frequently assemble OS-9 programs, which version of asm do you 
> like the most, the current case sensitive one or the previous one that did not 
> care if upper or lower case was used?
> 
> This just became a significant problem when Kandur tried to assemble some old 
> code. The source code assumed there was no case sensitivity but the current 
> NitrOS-9 asm is case sensitive. Naturally Kandur could not get his code to 
> assemble and the errors reported by asm were very misleading.
> 
> ex.
> type equ devic+objct
> the error given was
> **** Error: undefined name
> 00006 E 0000      type   equ  devic    objct
> 
> Note that the + sign is missing and makes you think that somehow that sign was 
> part of the problem.
> 
> Robert
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