Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded Subject: Re: Portable Assembly Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 01:59:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: c-50-148-195-179.hsd1.mn.comcast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1496023189 13660 50.148.195.179 (29 May 2017 01:59:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 01:59:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.arch.embedded:26673 On 2017-05-28, Stefan Reuther wrote: > Am 27.05.2017 um 23:31 schrieb Dimiter_Popoff: >> On 28.5.2017 г. 00:17, Les Cargill wrote: >>> rickman wrote: >>>> Or do I misunderstand how a portable assembler works? Does it >>>> require a specific assembly language source format for each target >>>> just like using the standard assembler for the target? >>> >>> That's what C is for. >> >> Or Basic. Or Fortran etc. >> >> However, they are by far not what a "portable assembler" - existing >> under the name Virtual Processor Assembler in our house is. >> And never will be, like any high level language C is yet another >> phrase book - convenient when you need to do a quick interaction >> when you don't speak the language - and only then. > > So, then, what is a portable assembler? 1) It's what Unicorns use when writing code to run the automation equipment used by Elves to mass-produce cookies inside hollow trees. 2) It's a trigger phrase that indicates the person using it is delusional and is about to lure you into a time-sink of relativistic proportions. If I were you, I'd either smile politely and change the topic or just turn and run. -- Grant