Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ima!johnl From: rab@mimsy.UUCP (Bob Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Compiler Output Message-ID: <9700@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 87 23:20:04 GMT References: <777@ima.ISC.COM> Sender: johnl@ima.ISC.COM Reply-To: rab@mimsy.UUCP (Bob Bruce) Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17 Keywords: compilers, assemblers, languages Approved: compilers@ima.UUCP An indirect advantage of generating intermediate assembly code is that this encourages the design of fast and simple assemblers. This usually makes them much easier for human users as well. I have written assembly language programs on many machines, under several operating systems, and I am very impressed by the elegant simplicity of unix assemblers. -bob [You would hope so, though Unix assemblers have been no more immune to the feature disease than any other. On the other hand, none of them have been as bad as IBM OS/360 Assember F which made four separate passes over the source. -John] -- Send compilers articles to ima!compilers or, in a pinch, to Levine@YALE.ARPA Plausible paths are { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale | bbn}!ima Please send responses to the originator of the message -- I cannot forward mail accidentally sent back to compilers. Meta-mail to ima!compilers-request