--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Trevor Pearson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> bin86 package contains an assembler which changes assembly into it's
> digital form which can then be executed. It is not interpreted. it can
> be used on all distributions but you need to produce the correct code
> for your processor (s) bin86 produces 32 bit intel code, if you have a
> 64 bit processor or AMD it would not produce exactly the right
> code to execute. the GNU tool chain installs the correct assembler /
> linker for your machine automatically and calls them as and ld respectively
>
>
> Trev.
>
I don't understand what you mean by, "if you have a 64 bit processor or AMD it would not produce exactly the right code to execute."
I run 32 bit code on my E5200 and i3 so they are object file compatible with 32 bit CPUs. That tells me that the code generated by a 32 bit assembler is exactly correct for 64 bit x86 processors, and perhaps even for AMD as well.
"the GNU tool chain installs the correct assembler /linker for your machine automatically"
That is a bit of a subjective statement. GAS wouldn't be my first choice to use if I was writing assembly code. To each their own though I suppose. When dealing with computers semantics is really all we have so one cannot be too careful. I haven't built GCC in a while myself so even if I could recall all of the gory particulars they may not be true today. But as I remember there was a lot of configuration in order to get anything useful out of it. In any event I would not call it automatic.
Hmm, no, I wouldn't call this page the essence of simplicity at all:
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
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