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- From: msjle@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Joi L. Ellis)
- Subject: Re: Turbo C with built-in assembler??????
- Message-ID: <BzE1tL.105@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Organization: Educational Computing Network
- References: <1992Dec16.220742.9975@lunatix.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:27:18 GMT
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- chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger) writes:
-
- >I seem to have gotten a bad copy of Turbo C++ (v3.0). On the _box_, it says
- >'built-in assembler' along with the other 'features'. However, when I try
- >to compile a program with inline asm code (as in #pragma inline), it aborts
- >with 'TASM not found'. Any insight on this? If it has a built-in
- >assembler, why would it be trying to call tasm?
-
- The 'built in assembler' is *not* the same assembler as Tasm. It takes
- either in-line code or source files with a different extension. It also
- doesn't follow the same syntax rules, so it often won't compile a Tasm
- source.
-
- Tasm comes as part of Borland C, not Turbo C. (*frown*)
-
- >Another question. The manual that came with it is very sparse, and doesn't
- >list the function call prototypes or *anything*. All it is, basically, is a
- >guide to use the stupid integrated environment (which is nice as a debugger,
- >but NOT an editor). I know the online help provides all this, but I'd
- >rather have a book that I can use, WHILE I'm in my favorite editor. :)
-
- >Thanks for any help!!
-
- I've gathered from my reading of the manuals, that the
- built-in-assembler is not intended as a serious tool but a quick hack to
- be able to accomplish something that may not be easily accessible
- directly from C.
-
- I'm still trying to get a copy of Tasm from my dealer, but the twit isn't
- returning my calls. Maybe it's not available separately?
-
-
- >--
- >Chad Helfenberger
- >(chelf@lunatix.uucp)
- --
- Joi Ellis msjle@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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