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Re: Multi-compilers

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From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 1990 21:45
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According to cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin):
>Why can we not have an overloaded, weakly typed, "natural" notation
>assembler, with a macro processor which can expand things in the
>user's fashion?

For the last time (I wish), it's because:

  1.  You haven't published specifications for such a thing.
  2.  No one else wants it badly enough to write it.
  3.  Apparently, neither do you.

You're too busy to do it?  Fine.  So is everyone else.
Please put up or shut up.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
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Subject: Re: Multi-compilers
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Date: 19 Sep 90 21:45:54 GMT
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