>>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DS> At 10:33 PM 9/13/2001 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:
>> >>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
DS> Actually, I'm expecting almost nothing to be written in pasm after
DS> we get a working parser and compiler. We might write template code
DS> for the compiler in it, but that's probably about it. Well, other
DS> than the JAPHs that aren't being written in APL or Intercal or
DS> something. (I can see someone writing a befunge parser just for
DS> the wacky JAPHs possible...)
>>
>> i envision some code being written in pasm for the same reason any code
>> is written in assembler, speed and fine grained control.
DS> Uhuh, sure. You just want too program in assembly again, admit it! :)
well, pdp-11 assembler would be very cool to work in again if it weren't
so painful to reinvent every wheel. c was a big step up and then perl
even more so. no more (or almost no more) worries about memory
management and boundary conditions. if a pasm macro assembler allows me
some high level things with direct support strings and memory management
it might be cool to hack. :)
but as i said (and acme obviously supports) there will be people who
WANT to code in pasm.
uri
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