[Coco] Which version of asm is the most popular?

[Bill Pierce]

Personally, I like the old one as I frequently use code snips from old sources and have to go through and modify all the code if I use the new one.
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 4:24 pm
Subject: [Coco] Which version of asm is the most popular?


To all those who frequently assemble OS-9 programs, which version of asm do you 
like the most, the current case sensitive one or the previous one that did not 
care if upper or lower case was used?

This just became a significant problem when Kandur tried to assemble some old 
code. The source code assumed there was no case sensitivity but the current 
NitrOS-9 asm is case sensitive. Naturally Kandur could not get his code to 
assemble and the errors reported by asm were very misleading.

ex.
type equ devic+objct
the error given was
**** Error: undefined name
00006 E 0000      type   equ  devic    objct

Note that the + sign is missing and makes you think that somehow that sign was 
part of the problem.

Robert

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