What was the first assembler you made?

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UniverseIsASimulation

Joined: 23 Sep 2016
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UniverseIsASimulation 14 Jan 2021, 19:37

So, I would be interested, what was the first assembler you made? The first assembler I made is the assembler that is a part of my PicoBlaze Simulator in JavaScript. It is written in a high-level language and is not very advanced. It does not support macro-directives. It supports arithmetic expressions, though, and I think no other assembler for PicoBlaze today does.

14 Jan 2021, 19:37

Merisan

Joined: 16 May 2024
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Location: USA

Merisan 23 May 2024, 11:19

My first assembler I created was for a simple 8-bit microcontroller project. It was written in C and designed to assemble a custom instruction set architecture for a specific embedded application.

Your PicoBlaze Simulator in JavaScript sounds innovative, especially with its support for arithmetic expressions. While my first assembler project was more basic and did not support macro directives either, it was a great learning experience in understanding how assemblers translate assembly language into machine code.

23 May 2024, 11:19

UniverseIsASimulation

Joined: 23 Sep 2016
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UniverseIsASimulation 01 Jun 2024, 17:16

Merisan wrote:

My first assembler I created was for a simple 8-bit microcontroller project. It was written in C and designed to assemble a custom instruction set architecture for a specific embedded application.

Your PicoBlaze Simulator in JavaScript sounds innovative, especially with its support for arithmetic expressions. While my first assembler project was more basic and did not support macro directives either, it was a great learning experience in understanding how assemblers translate assembly language into machine code.

Thanks for the response! I've improved my assembler in the meantime significantly. For example, I added `while`-loops and `if`-`else`-branchings in the preprocessor. Still no macros, though.

01 Jun 2024, 17:16

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