Re: S-C assembler, was Re: AppleWorks InitPack:2016 -Official Release

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From	D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject	Re: S-C assembler, was Re: AppleWorks InitPack:2016 -Official Release
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Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Apparently the line numbers are much more substantive in S-C than they
>> are
>> in Merlin Pro.
>> 
>> I don't like that.
>> 
>> But hey, Merlin Pro has its own weird quirks, so I guess it's just
>> another
>> thing to learn! :-)
>> 
> 
> Over many years and many machines, I've noted that most assemblers are
> written by people writing their first assembler. I think that accounts for
> most of the "quirkiness" in assemblers. ;-)
> 

Yes, I have read your sentiment on this matter before! :-)

Take for instance, the modality of Merlin Pro. You have the main menu where
you load and save, but then the ASM command is in the *editor*. Why not have
the source save command in the editor too? Why not just have all commands
available from the editor?

-- 
]DF$
The Marina IP stack for Apple II--
http://marina.a2hq.com/

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          S-C assembler, was Re: AppleWorks InitPack:2016 - Official Release D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-06 18:01 +0000
            Re: S-C assembler, was Re: AppleWorks InitPack:2016 - Official Release Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-01-07 17:59 -0600
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