wahl-e@bluegill.cis.ohio-state.edu (Edward A Wahl) (02/15/90)
First off I'd like to thank all those who sent me E-Mail about my MDS question. Our Mail server crashed and I lost it all, but its been backed up. My question now is this: If MPW is soo good compared to MDS and general assemblers, why does everyone keep complaining about all the bugs? If I'm going to use a good system, it had best NOT have any bugs. Is there full support of 68020 and 69030 through MPW? Does anyone know if there is a GOOD assembly language out there? How does C and C++ stack up in comparison?(especially Think C) Well, the reason I ask, is that I have an extensive assembly background from the PC's, and heard that assembly for the Mac was awesome in comparrsion. So I checked out MDS ver.0.9 here at OSU.(They use it as an intro to assembler for undergrads) Any word on this would be much appreciated, especially from Apple. Thanks in advance, Ed Wahl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only a mediocre man is always at his best" -W. Somerset Bauham "Better to close your mouth and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt" -Abraham Lincoln "These opinions are the property of ME, and may not be transcribed, copied, used, or reproduced in any format without the express written permission of the author---ME! wahl-e@cis.ohio-state.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (02/16/90)
In article <77162@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <wahl-e@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: | My question now is this: If MPW is soo good compared to |MDS and general assemblers, why does everyone keep complaining about |all the bugs? If I'm going to use a good system, it had best NOT have |any bugs. Is there full support of 68020 and 69030 through MPW? Does |anyone know if there is a GOOD assembly language out there? I have never heard about any bugs in MPW assembler. Only C (and C++?) versions 3.0 and up. The assembler has been around a long time, is full- featured, and rock solid as far as I have ever heard. | . . . that I have an extensive assembly background from the PC's, |and heard that assembly for the Mac was awesome in comparrsion. So I |checked out MDS ver.0.9 here at OSU.(They use it as an intro to |assembler for undergrads) Any word on this would be much appreciated, |especially from Apple. Are you talking now about assembly programming the Intel chips vs. the Motorola chips? Or when you say "awsome" are you talking about the assemblers' features and capabilities? I'd guess the MPW assembler is about as good as you can get, but that probably has nothing to do with PC programming vs. Mac programming. I'm sure both machines have equally good (and equally crummy) assemblers available. Disclaimer: I can't actually say much about MDS in comparison with MPW or any other assembly based systems, as I only have experience with MPW. /JBL = Nets: levin@bbn.com | "There were sweetheart roses on Yancey Wilmerding's or {...}!bbn!levin | bureau that morning. Wide-eyed and distraught, she POTS: (617)873-3463 | stood with all her faculties rooted to the floor."