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Subject: Re: which assembler to get
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Date: 23 May 91 21:38:28 GMT
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On Thu, 23 May 91 00:49:47 GMT ACMFIU said:


[talking about Merlin assembler vs. ORCA/M]

>however, there are basically two things i can't stand about orca/m
>	1. way way too slow.

Soooo true.

>	2. it doesn't have :local labels.

This isn't necessarily true.  You -can- have local variables with ORCA/M.
Just use different code segments.  All labels inside a code segment are
local to that segment, unless defined globally, with the GEQU directive.
Although, this is not as powerful as the kind of locals you're talking about,
it does support locals.

>albert

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