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From: dave@zinfandel.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: assembler reviews - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 04:24:54 EDT
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zinfandel!dave    May 31 11:13:00 1984

First of all, I agree 1000% about the assembler from HES.  Stay away from
it!  

It's too bad you never got a response from the MERLIN 64 people.  I have
both that one and MAE.  I prefer MERLIN because it's a little more user
friendly.  Additionally, I have been able to crash MAE repeatably when
I have the scrolling program loaded (a utility that allows you to scroll
through your source -- very handy!).

I should also point out that the MERLIN documentation is excellent and
well organized.  Documentation for MAE is marginally adequate.

I don't think you could really go wrong with either MAE or MERLIN 64 --
both are blazing fast, both have many useful features.  Again, I think
MERLIN has a bit of an edge (80 columns in software, better string handling,
better regular expression handling).  To be fair, MAE has a better monitor
and a better editor.


Dave Funk
Zehntel, Inc.
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Walnut Creek, CA  92598
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