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Re: [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
To: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask at sygehus dot dk>
Cc: Bernardo Innocenti <bernie at codewiz dot org>, Roman Zippel <zippel at linux-m68k dot org>, Kazu Hirata <kazu at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, law at redhat dot com, bernie at develer dot com
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:14:13 +0200
Subject: Re: [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
References: <200708261959.l7QJxwj8018103@sparrowhawk.codesourcery.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708271851270.1820@scrub.home> <46D30725.7010601@codewiz.org> <20070827195128.GL25795@sygehus.dk>

Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@sygehus.dk> writes:

>    (I've never understood the point of the MIT syntax: Presumably, the
> Motorola syntax appeared first. Why invent something clearly inferior to
> replace it?)

I think the point was that the MIT syntax is easier to parse, at a time
where cpu power and memory were scarce resources.

Andreas.

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References:
- [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
  - From: Kazu Hirata
- Re: [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
  - From: Roman Zippel
- Re: [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
  - From: Bernardo Innocenti
- Re: [patch] m68k: Use ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
  - From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen

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