From: Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
To: Doug Evans <devans@cygnus.com>
Cc: gas2@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: other apps that assemble code
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 09:26:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980205112419.25442B-100000@vespucci.advicom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199802051703.JAA28107@canuck.cygnus.com.>
On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Doug Evans wrote:
> Can anyone think of any useful applications that want to
> assemble code besides an assembler?
>
> A debugging session?
> [I can see perhaps only a minor usefulness here, but maybe there are
> cases where it's really useful, and maybe there are other examples.]
Many ROM monitors include an assembler. I assume it is so code can be
patched in memory and very simple programs can be given directly to the
monitor.
Also people do write assembly language so not all input is compiler
generated. I know this almost qualifies as a smart mouthed suggestion. :)
--joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-05 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-05 9:04 Doug Evans
1998-02-05 9:26 ` Joel Sherrill [this message]
1998-02-05 9:37 ` Doug Evans
1998-02-05 9:47 ` Joel Sherrill
1998-02-05 9:57 ` Doug Evans
1998-02-05 10:38 ` Robert Lipe
1998-02-05 23:26 ` Richard Stallman
1998-02-05 10:49 ` Joel Sherrill
1998-02-05 11:09 ` Doug Evans
1998-02-05 9:43 ` Richard Earnshaw
1998-02-05 9:49 ` Doug Evans
1998-02-05 10:35 ` Nick Clifton
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