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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: Mixing C and Assembly
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Date: 2 May 90 18:31:09 GMT
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In article <3140@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dinapoli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli) writes:
>Has anyone out there managed to mix Mark Williams C and assembly code?  If so, 
>what assembler was used?  If MWC wont let you do it (I've heard rumors to
>this effect) is there another C compiler that WILL let you??  Please email
>responses and I'll summarize to the net.

This isn't exactly the clearest of questions. The Mark Williams package
comes with an assembler, what else do you need? The entire Mark Williams
software suite is pretty closely modeled after a Unix programming environment,
and all the tools reflect that orientation. In particular, the object file
format used by their compiler, assembler, and linker is a proprietary format,
and not what you get out of the DRI assembler. Also, the syntax used in the
assembler is pretty much the same as you'll see on a Unix system. 

If what you're really asking is "does MWC let you use inline assembly code
in your C source files" the answer is no. But it's a simple matter to pull
out the inline code and assemble it separately using their assembler. 
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