From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] Assembly language syntax, was: Re: A question about syntax or semantics
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:50:14 +0100
Date: 2014-05-18T15:50:14+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyy4xz3zvd.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: llagp9$ova$1@dont-email.me
Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> On 2014-05-18, Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>
>> Well, considering the various assembler languages around, I'd still
>> be confused but for different reasons: given "mov r0,r1" does r1
>> receive the value in r0 (which is what I'd expect, my first encounter
>> with a 'normal' assembler having been MACRO-32) or does r0 receive
>> the value in r1?
>
> On ARM, with the binutils assembler, it's the other way around.
Um, I mentioned both possibilities.
> BTW, "mov src, dest" versus "mov dest, src" is an attribute of the
> assembler in use, not the architecture.
Yes.
> A very good example would be the gas versus Intel syntax for x86.
> Same architecture, different assembler syntax.
Yes.
You've made the point I was trying to make rather more clearly than I
managed to, I think!
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-17 22:56 A question about syntax or semantics Victor Porton
2014-05-17 23:05 ` Bill Findlay
2014-05-18 2:47 ` Brad Moore
2014-05-18 10:48 ` Simon Wright
2014-05-18 14:40 ` [OT] Assembly language syntax, was: " Simon Clubley
2014-05-18 14:50 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2014-05-19 17:02 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-19 21:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-05-19 22:05 ` Bill Findlay
2014-05-19 22:58 ` Robert A Duff
2014-05-20 8:01 ` Georg Bauhaus
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