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MASM as standard, fixmem example (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 02.05.2025, 16:10

> > NASM was originally strictly two-pass, so some things they did without.
> > (There are even one-pass assemblers with even more restrictions.)
>
> NASM has been multi-pass for a long time now.

IIRC, Masm has become a one-pass assembler with version 6+ ( they mentioned that to explain why directives IF1 and IF2 have been removed ).

JWasm is "multi-pass", meaning that it continues to reassemble the source until there's no change in the segment lengths anymore - that's actually a pretty dump strategy...

So one may come to the conclusion that the number of passes is perhaps not really a sign of quality.

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• MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 26.04.2024, 04:43 (Announce)
  • MSDOS 4.0 - Guti, 26.04.2024, 14:06
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                  • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 10:40
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                      • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 11:50
                        • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - Rugxulo, 29.04.2025, 20:40
                          • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 21:43
                            • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - Rugxulo, 30.04.2025, 10:55
                              • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - kerravon, 30.04.2025, 16:17
                          • MASM as standard, fixmem example - ecm, 01.05.2025, 12:24
                            • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Japheth, 02.05.2025, 16:10
                              • MASM as standard, fixmem example - bretjohn, 02.05.2025, 17:09
                                • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Rugxulo, 07.05.2025, 03:23
                              • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Rugxulo, 07.05.2025, 03:05
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