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Article #11193Re: RISC assemblers question
From: Tim Olson
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:51
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:51
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In article <Dec.17.10.16.36.1992.17493@cadenza.rutgers.edu> masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola) writes: |I've met a couple of people who have attempted to write assemblers for |RISC machines, who say that it's a difficult job. Can someone give me |an inkling as to why? From my experience, it's just the opposite. RISC processors tend to have a few simple instruction formats, fixed fields, etc. Also, with the limited number of addressing modes in RISC processors, parsing becomes almost trivial. -- -- Tim Olson Apple Computer Inc. / Somerset (tim@apple.com)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!apple!tim From: tim@Apple.COM (Tim Olson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: RISC assemblers question Message-ID: <75756@apple.apple.COM> Date: 18 Dec 92 21:51:57 GMT References: <Dec.17.10.16.36.1992.17493@cadenza.rutgers.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 18