Eric W. Biederman wrote:
Modifying the linux real mode assembler, nobody could even want to.
I have several times. It's just code. But I do agree it will likely
be more maintainable if we can convert it to C.
On that same token I wrote a compiler in romcc in another context so I
didn't have to write so much assembly. And for maintainability and
comprehensibility it was a big help.
I've long wished that someone would do a proper 16-bit x86 port of gcc;
however, the .code16gcc is usually good enough, although it produces
code which is a lot bigger than it needs to be.
-hpa
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