Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: S-C assembler, was Re: AppleWorks InitPack:2016 -Official Release Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:15:34 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:15:34 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac9e0e4d7dd3957fb97803ee6801bab8"; logging-data="4832"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/IXjZ8fC3SbhGMr/asVvz1" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:+x3sB2sGBBfr9xbxQCkAn1Gmo/c= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:26650 Michael J. Mahon wrote: > D Finnigan 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/