> Please note that Masm is the original, it closely implements the syntax > which > was suggested by the cpu manufacturer - Intel. The Nasm/Fasm/Yasm/Rosasm > variants implement something which probably works as well, and one can't > prevent them from calling their syntax assembly because this language > isn't > standardized like C is ... but it's fairly clear that these funny dialects > contributed a lot to the x86 assembly syntax mess, with Nasm having the > major > responsibility as being the one which arrived first. > Intel is not God (though it thought by itself to be) - and making things better (for understanding, reading the code etc.) may bring some confusion (and one cannot use all the "basic" stuff without converting - what a pity!) but shall we stay fixed at place? Well, this may not be discussed in that freedos-list as being fixed on "good old dos" but even that is made much better now (I DO like that thing!).
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