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From: sschaem@starnet.uucp (Stephan Schaem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Assemblers
Message-ID: <1991Mar3.235750.3184@starnet.uucp>
Date: 3 Mar 91 23:57:50 GMT
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 Just to say anything.I tryed C.A.P.E , MACRO 68, A68k, quelo, all PD
 6800x0 assembler and find Devpac 2.0 the most reliable.
 Havent checked adapt or the one from argonaut....
 The only thing about devpac is, no precompile file, 2 pass include
 only, no fancy instruction support like math coprocessor or amiga
 copper.(also for some, no arexx support).
 Devpac like K-Seka like assempro do not need a linker to creat
 executable file... (I do not recomend old K-Seka version or any of
 assempro).
 I do not use macro 68 because it doesn't seem to  work perfectly, I
 hang on some supposed macro error! (That only happen with macro 68, and
 is not cause by the macro layout or content.... ) 
 Devpac is pretty fast but it will still take 10-15minuts to compiles
 2-3megs of source code (with anything but command/instruction striped).
 For linker, blink is good enaught but not 100% reliable.C.A.P.E linker
 seem to be faster and more reliable since it will link what blink BUG
 on.
 If you are doing commercial product or want your program to run on all
 machine I strongly sugest Devpac... (You can trash the editor that come
 with devpac and use CED-pro instead).