DOS ain't dead - FPC for DOS / FreeDOS

FPC for DOS / FreeDOS (DOSX)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 14.04.2008, 08:49

> > In short, your claim is nonsense "by design" because basically there is
> no
> > limit as to what degree an assembler is to collect and remember "type"
> > information.
>
> Can it handle arbitrary types? Will it really allow abstractions and
> check/transform them or does it just substitute a few numbers for your
> identifiers?

What is "it"? I can mention MASM, which I probably know better than anyone else. It allows to define structures, bitfields and aliases of simple types. It lacks enums. Also, it allows to define function pointers and offers parameter type checking for any kind of function calls. It doesn't go as far as in C/C++, and there's no check for a function's return value, but it's a good - and for most cases "sufficient" - level.

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MS-DOS forever!

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HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - ho1459, 14.03.2008, 14:28 (DOSX)
- HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - Japheth, 15.03.2008, 11:26
  - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - Rugxulo, 16.03.2008, 19:15
    - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - ho1459, 17.03.2008, 21:07
    - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - marcov, 07.04.2008, 11:45
      - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - Rugxulo, 07.04.2008, 23:27
        HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - marcov, 08.04.2008, 13:28
        HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - Rugxulo, 08.04.2008, 15:58
        HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - marcov, 10.04.2008, 10:02
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 11.04.2008, 07:14
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 11.04.2008, 13:08
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 11.04.2008, 15:50
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 11.04.2008, 17:22
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 11.04.2008, 19:50
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 12.04.2008, 00:43
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 12.04.2008, 14:38
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 12.04.2008, 20:52
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 13.04.2008, 23:36
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 14.04.2008, 20:40
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 14.04.2008, 21:59
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 15.04.2008, 01:45
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 15.04.2008, 16:11
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 16.04.2008, 02:23
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 12.04.2008, 07:33
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 12.04.2008, 13:27
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 12.04.2008, 16:18
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 13.04.2008, 02:54
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 13.04.2008, 09:50
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 13.04.2008, 23:17
        Compiler debate - Steve, 14.04.2008, 05:51
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 14.04.2008, 08:49
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 13.04.2008, 23:18
        Compiler debate - Steve, 14.04.2008, 06:00
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 14.04.2008, 08:21
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - marcov, 14.04.2008, 11:12
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Japheth, 14.04.2008, 12:52
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Steve, 14.04.2008, 15:05
        FPC for DOS / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 12.04.2008, 20:34
  - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - ho1459, 17.03.2008, 20:56
- HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - Laaca, 15.03.2008, 18:56
  - HX-DOS Extender & Virtual Pascal 2.1.279 - rr, 16.03.2008, 19:12