Paulo Pinto wrote:
Still most modern languages are moving away from inline assembly.
It's a pain to write an inline assembler and figure out how to integrate it in
with the rest of the compiler. I can see why compiler writers don't want to do
it, and look for reasons not to.
Most modern languages do not even generate code - they target the JVM or CLI.
Even Microsoft has dropped inline assembly support for the 64bit version of
Visual C++, pointing
developers to MASM.
I'd be curious as to their rationale.
People will always complain no matter what. Just use the official assembler
for the target platform.
Microsoft MASM has about 30 different incarnations, all accepting different
syntax.
It's a *constant* source of grief for customer support.
Personally the last time I used inline assembly I was still target MS-DOS,
long time ago and actually
it is one of the features I don't like in D.
I'd be forced to write a standalone assembler if D didn't have inline assembler.
In any case, inline assembler in D is a substantial productivity booster for me
for anything that needs assembler. The inline assembler is also quite ignorable,
if you don't like it.
