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DOS386



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DOS386 02 Feb 2007, 09:24
Please complete the list Wink

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QB (BASIC interpreter and compiler, Q-BASIC/QuickBASIC/QuackBASIC by M$, 16-bit RM only): No ASM output, no assembler involved in compilation, no inline ASM (?) supported, CALL ASM ???

ML1Compiler (Basic/VisualBasic-like (?), only 16-bit RM target): compiles via NASM

Powerbasic ($$$) : latest DOS version is from 1993 (20 years old, still available and still costs 100$), latest version from ??? for Win32 costs 200$, original author now dead, company continues (???), inline ASM supported (DOS version only up to 80386?), can't brew ASM

PureBASIC ($$$): compiles always via FASM

Borland "Turbo" PASCAL/C/C++: inline ASM supported (built-in handling), "Turbo ASM" used only for separate ASM files, no ASM output

VirtualPASCAL: ??? Note: compiler core written in ASM (MA$M ? TASM ?, closed source)

TMT-FrameworkPASCAL: ???

FBC (FreeBASIC compiler): compiles always via GAS ("Intel" syntax) into COFF objects, links with LD. Inline ASM supported, "Intel" syntax (now optionally via GCC additionally)

FPC (FreePASCAL Compiler) : compiles always via GAS (DOS version's AS.EXE from ASLDDOS.ZIP says "GNU assembler 2.15"), inline ASM supported, ??? syntax, uses LD linker, now built-in ASM processing (???)

GCC/DGJPP/MinGW/Cygwin: compiles always via GAS, inline ASM supported, uses LD linker, supposed to support "MASM INTEL" for both inline and output but doesn't work (???)

CC386 by LADSoft (C compiler, DOS(32bit) and Win32, no C++ (yet ?)): NASM, but an "inofficial" patched version: "NASM version 0.98.38ls3 compiled on Nov 30 2006 (OMF Virtual Extensions/LADSoft)" Inline ASM supported (NASM syntax) . Can compile both via ASM and directly into object (built-in handling of inline ASM then), links with VALX. Now deprecated and getting replaced with Orange C compiler by same author.

http://ladsoft.tripod.com/cc386_compiler.html

Orange C by LADSoft (C89, C99, C11, C++ compiler) derivative of CC386, uses OAsm (derivative of NASM), inline ASM supported

http://ladsoft.tripod.com/orange_c_compiler.html

[Open]-Watcom: WatcomASM, WASM http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Wasm (its own, written in C) Used only for separate ASM files, inline ASM somewhat "supported" with pragmas (!!!), uses WLINK linker

TCC (Tiny C Compiler) --- none (built-in handling of GAS'eous inline ASM) !!! no linker either Shocked compiles directly into executable

Simple C compiler --- FASM (last update 2005)

http://freecode.com/projects/simplec

SCC - http://si2.epfl.ch/~susu/Publications/SCC/index.html "ARM" -> DOS (???) -> http://retro.tunes.org/simplec Linux uses NASM -> DEXOS and uses FASM ???

Pelles C --- PoAsm, using MASM syntax, for separate ASM files, inline ASM "deprecated" uses NASM (!!!) syntax, present in 32-bit version only, no ASM output (???), uses POLINK

Digital Mars C/C++/D --- Built In: http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/ctgInlineAsm.html

"Visual" C/C++ ($$$) : None or MA$M ??? Inline ASM supported ???

LCC - see http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=12706 " lcc-3.6 with fasm backend!!"

Context/Win32 --- FASM

Context/DOS --- ASM8086 (it's own personal assembler)

HLA (??) --- MASM, TASM, FASM, GAS (according to Wikipedia)

B0 -- FASM

BlitzMax (??) --- FASM (YES !!! according to not only Wikipedia)

IBasic Pro --- NASM

Thistle (toy Win32 Basic compiler written in LibertyBasic) --- FASM

Emergence Basic --- NASM

Aurora --- NASM

Ocean --- FASM

LLVM / CLANG : ???

http://llvm.org/ wrote: "The LLVM Core libraries provide a modern source- and target-independent optimizer, along with code generation support for many popular CPUs (as well as some less common ones!)"


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Vasilev Vjacheslav 02 Feb 2007, 18:53
visual c : masm
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rugxulo 03 Feb 2007, 04:17

  • FPC -- GAS (2.0.4's for DOS's AS.EXE from ASLDDOS.ZIP says "GNU assembler 2.15")
  • Context/Win32 -- FASM
  • Context/DOS -- ASM8086 (it's own personal assembler)
  • OpenWatcom -- WASM (its own, written in C)
  • TCC (TinyCC, I assume) -- none used/needed
  • HLA -- MASM, TASM, FASM, GAS (according to Wikipedia)
  • B0 -- FASM
  • ?? BlitzMax -- FASM (according to Wikipedia)


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f0dder 03 Feb 2007, 08:25
Are you asking which assembler is usually used with the compiler, or which assembler the compiler uses internally?

Visual C++ doesn't use an assembler for code generation, and I don't think Watcom does, either.
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DOS386 03 Feb 2007, 08:32
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is usually used with the compiler


NO.

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or which assembler the compiler uses internally?


YES. Wink

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flaith 03 Feb 2007, 09:53

  • BlitzMax -- FASM (<-- Yes)

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Filter 03 Feb 2007, 16:25
Borland C++: Turbo ASM
Pelles C: PoASM
Digital Mars C++: Built In http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/ctgInlineAsm.html
Open Watcom: WASM http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Wasm
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f0dder 03 Feb 2007, 16:29
Filter: does BC++ require tasm? Iirc it generates it's .obj files directly without going through tasm. Same goes for Watcom.
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rugxulo 03 Feb 2007, 18:00
Yes, I think you're right. OpenWatcom 1.6 and Turbo C++ (1.01, for instance) only use the external assembler if inline assembly is required. (Supposedly, Turbo C++ 3.0 didn't need TASM, right??)

EDIT: CC386 actually requires NASM even without inline assembly, but it uses its own patched version.

CC386 3.27's NASM.EXE reports the following:

Quote:

NASM version 0.98.38ls3 compiled on Nov 30 2006 (OMF Virtual Extensions/LADSoft)
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Filter 04 Feb 2007, 16:03
f0dder wrote:
Filter: does BC++ require tasm? Iirc it generates it's .obj files directly without going through tasm. Same goes for Watcom.


BC++ can generate assembly output that can then be compiled by TASM but it's not required. Also, Tasm32 can be used on it's own. It can even produce OBJ files that can still be linked by older 16-bit versions of the Borland Linker. Not sure about Watcom.

The request was to see which assembler is used by the compilers but not required right? Or was it just compilers that produce assembly output that must be assembled?
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DOS386 04 Feb 2007, 18:35
Quote:
The request was to see


1. What compilers always produce ASM that must go through an assembler

2. What compilers can optionally produce ASM instead of EXE or link-files

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NTOSKRNL_VXE wrote:
Quote:
The request was to see


1. What compilers always produce ASM that must go through an assembler

2. What compilers can optionally produce ASM instead of EXE or link-files


Then I guess I misunderstood but at least I have provided some helpful information. Smile
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rugxulo 05 Feb 2007, 20:57
FreeBASIC 0.16 for DOS's AS.EXE reports "GNU assembler 2.16.1" (and 0.17 uses GNU AS 2.17).

FreeBASIC 0.16 for Win32's AS.EXE reports "GNU assembler 2.15.94 20050118"


FYI, some C++ support is implemented in CC386 (not classes??), but I don't use it (dunno any C++, really). You'll have to get someone else to test it further. Razz

Code:
// try this example named as either TEST.C or TEST.CPP
// it prints different results, depending on how it's named/compiled
// tested w/ CC386 3.27 (DOS version) on Win XP Home SP2

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{

  printf("%d %d",sizeof(char),sizeof('a'));
  return 0;
}
    


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MikeHart 29 May 2007, 11:53
IBasic Pro -> NASM
Emergence Basic -> NASM
Aurora -> NASM
Ocean -> FASM
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DOS386 22 Aug 2007, 07:52
Bump. Any better/newer info ?

- How inline ASM is handled (built-in or external)

- Compiles directly or via ASM or both supported
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vid 22 Aug 2007, 08:48
what is that "Ocean" thing?
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f0dder 22 Aug 2007, 10:06
vid wrote:
what is that "Ocean" thing?

Quick googling would suggest this. Why are everybody so hooked on BASIC? O_o

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DOS386 24 Aug 2007, 00:32
> Why are everybody so hooked on BASIC

NO. There are still many non-BASIC compilers with lacking (or wrong ?) info in the list Confused
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Chewy509 24 Aug 2007, 01:41
f0dder wrote:
vid wrote:
what is that "Ocean" thing?

Quick googling would suggest this. Why are everybody so hooked on BASIC? O_o


Because a lot of beginners start with BASIC, but fail to move onto more flexible/powerful tools/languages.

Me personally, I may have started with BASIC (on the C64, then GWBASIC), but haven't touched it in years, preferring my own language 'b0' and AMD64/x64 assembly (fasm of course).
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ManOfSteel 24 Aug 2007, 11:21
@Chewy509:
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preferring my own language 'b0'

Speaking of which, the site where you're hosting it seems to be down.
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