At 02:19 PM 4/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>TeddyWareZ will add some more extensions, such as a serious number of those
>macro's (which *won't* effect the number of clock cycles)
>Also all BIOS and BDOS routines will be there, a serious number of addresses
>and documents about the BIOS, BDOS, VDP, etc..
I don't really need MSX extensions, I already have for example include
files for all labels in the BIOS (automatically generated from Compass docs
;).
Maybe it's easier to make a web page where users of Chaos Assembler can
send their own MSX extensions. That will save you a lot of effort and you
might get useful extensions you would never have thought of.
>- Multiple files open at once.
But can it compile from command line as well?
>- A sprite editor
GFX editors and such are also not needed, Paint Shop Pro works very well
most of the time. Other people will have other favourite editors. Anyway, I
don't see why everything should be combined in a single program, I prefer
separate programs which you can glue together using the command line.
For example, if I want compressed GFX in a BIN file, I can convert BMP to
SR7, crunch the SR7 and add it to the BIN file using just 3 lines in a
batch file. An assembler with built-in GFX editor won't support my crunch
format, command line will.
>- Speed (16000 lines in 8 different source files, in about 20 seconds to
>disk!)
That's actually not that impressive. I had no really big files to test, but
I saw TASM do 1500 lines in about half a second (P166). Larger files would
probably be faster because init overhead of TASM would only occur once.
Or do you mean "disk" as "floppy"? In that case, the time it takes to write
to floppy will make the statement useless as a measure of speed of Chaos
Assembler.
>We really want you to answer this mail, because this is a great opportunity
>for all MSX coders to use a very cool program!!!
I am interested, but I have some questions:
- Does it run from command line?
- Is it reliable (low bug count)? When I write assembly, I have enough
worries fixing bugs I create myself. I really hate bugs in assemblers,
those can waste hours and create a lot of frustration. (example of
frustration: I think the guy responsible for Microsoft's Java virtual
machine deserves a pie in his face even more than Bill Gates does)
- Under what conditions is it distributed? Is it free? Is the source
available?
Bye,
Maarten
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