> > It will only work for Intel 32-bit since it uses assembler > > instructions at some parts. BTW, I though FPC assembler isn't > > compatible with Delphi one, > > That's a wrong though ;) Almost all inline assembler written > for delphi works with fpc.
I'm sure I read that thing the other day: I think it's at http://www.freepascal.org/port.html, but maybe it meant the Turbo Pascal inline assembler statemets, not the Delphi ones? (I thought they were same or similar in Delphi, don't remember) > > maybe Boguslaw fixed that code? > > Best thing would be to have compiler defines and rewrite those > > assembler instructions as normal Pascal code (would help porting to > > other CPUs) > > This is probably impossible, PS does a lot of dirty tricks > with subroutine calls etc. I think Carlo said sometime ago on the ROPS newsgroup that assembler is used mostly for maintaining the call stack. In fact I don't think anything done using assembler can't be done with normal Pascal code (if necessery it can call into a unit of low-level primitives that will be implemend in assembler, but those primitives would be easily portable among various CPU architectures) ---------------- George Birbilis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Microsoft MVP J# for 2004-2006 Borland "Spirit of Delphi" * QuickTime, QTVR, ActiveX, VCL, .NET http://www.kagi.com/birbilis * Robotics http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~Robotics http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0629-2, 21/07/2006 Tested on: 22/7/2006 12:54:31 ?? avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
