Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!electro!ignac
From: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mixing C and Assembly
Message-ID: <1716@electro.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 90 05:03:23 GMT
References: <3140@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <11900@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
Reply-To: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Organization: Electrohome Ltd., Kitchener, ON
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In article <11900@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes:
>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,
[stuff deleted]
>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. 



from experience here at electrohome, i'd say that Mark Williams C 
has probably the most rediculous, non standard, brain dead, stupid assembler
i've ever seen for the MC68000. nothing in it makes any sense, like how
to make a register list, the naming conventions for labels, etc. also,
why the hell are comments started with a bloody '/' character??? it makes
porting of assembly files a REAL hassle. like Howard says, the object
file format is completely proprietary, so you can't use a world class
assembler such as MadMac (in the atari devkit) with the MWC environment.
blech!  :-(

we've switch over to Manx C for internal development on the Atari, and
i have to admit that it is probably one of the best environments you
can get for the Atari ST. it comes with a NORMAL assembler, the compiler
generates reasonably efficient code, and it supports a number of code
models which my other favorite, Laser C, doesn't yet. 

i think i've gotten off topic ... hope this all helps!



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