mazur@inmet (Beth Mazur) (03/25/88)
I'm having a discussion with some co-workers about what an assembler should
do with an effective address of, for example, $20(PC). I think an assembler
should treat $20 as an offset, a co-worker thinks that an assembler should
treat $20 as an address.
All published literature that I have seen tends to support my point. But
my co-worker argues that this is a can of worms - then what do you do with
tag equ $20
move tag(pc),d0
My co-worker alos claims that Motorola's 68k assembler treats $20 as an address.
So I'm just soliciting opinions. I'd appreciate it if you'd mail them to
me, as we seem to not get all articles. I'll be glad to summarize if there
is a large response. Thanks in advance.
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Beth Mazur
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