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Re: MS/CW-style inline assembly for GCC
On May 6, 2004, at 6:40 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote:
For me, compatibility is the number one priority. Ease of use comes
That's what I figured. :-)
So, let's take truth-and-beauty out of the discussion; this isn't
about a better technology. It might or might not be better, but
that's not the root of the issue. The bottom line is that Apple wants
CW syntax because it wants to convert existing CW users to GCC users.
To do that, it wants to be able to say "you can just recompile your
code" rathern than "you have to rewrite your code". In fact, for all
widely-used CW extensions, Apple would probably like to see them in
GCC. It's easy to see the Apple product-marketing logic here.
I've been staying out of this since I'm of the "they should be writing
.s files" school, but
criticizing the idea *on these grounds* seems unreasonable. Having
more users
of GCC benefits the entire community, not just Apple. Maybe more so;
it's not like Apple
is making any money off GCC. More users means better quality, more
help, maybe even
more development money from particularly happy users.