Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 14:12:56 02/28/00
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On February 28, 2000 at 17:08:09, leonid wrote: >On February 28, 2000 at 15:03:05, Andrew Dados wrote: > >>On February 28, 2000 at 07:30:45, leonid wrote: >> >>>On February 27, 2000 at 17:12:04, Dan Andersson wrote: >>> >>>>IMO = In My Opinion. >>>>I like nasm because it has a clear and logical (noncontradictory) way of dealing >>>>with indirection and allows aritmethic expressions (it even optimizes many >>>>cases). It also has a high level of abstraction, almost at C levels. Thus its >>>>easier to maintain than T/MASM. GAS as another example, is logical but hard to >>>>read and maitain. >>> >>>If you used the NASM for writing the chess game, mainly for Windows, will be >>>glad to know your opinion about capability of this Assembler and completeness of >>>its package. I never used it. And how about the susbstitute, if such existe, for >>>Software Development Kit that you need when writing for Windows on MASM or >>>Borland Assembler? >>> >>>Leonid. >> >>I wonder why one would want to write complete windows program in assembler... >>You can easy write a nice interface in MSVC or Delphi or even VB, and have >>several options of adding your assembler code: > > >Complete control over your program creation is the reason for writing your game >on Assembler. Writing your game partially on in Assembler give you only partial >control over your code. > >After all, if you already write one part of your game on Assembler why not write >it completely on Assembler? It is not that difficult. The most difficult part is >in writing the good chess game is in finding the way for making speedy and bug >free logic. This is just this part that consume all your writing time. Once you >did it 100% you can even rewrite it 100% on C and see if it as good for you. > >Leonid. > > Writing function headers and exporting them from dll still keeps you in full control over your asm code, believe me :) > > >>- linking asm *.obj files directly, or >>- inserting asm code in source (that for C and Delphi) or >>- putting your engine into a dll and separating it from interface completely. >>(I ran on several examples of writing a complete dll for windows in assembler... >>or you can write one main C file, make an asm from it and link it to your other >>asm code) That last option is most appealing and many (all?) commercials use it. >> >>-Andrew-
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