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- From: GAVRON@IT.SUNQUEST.COM (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2546)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals
- Subject: No IF DF code for Alpha!!! <--- DEC Blows it again
- Message-ID: <921109142304.129@IT.SUNQUEST.COM>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 21:23:04 GMT
- Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway
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- Date sent: 9-NOV-1992 14:17:45
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-
- Yes, DEC's own documentation says:
- MACRO
-
- /MIGRATION
-
- Alpha_Instruction_Built-ins
- .
- .
- It is recommended that you place any built-in within an
- ".IF DF,EVAX" conditional code block unless the module is Alpha-
- specific.
- .
- .
- .
-
- HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T TRUE! In fact, NOTHING is defined on the
- MACRO-32 compiler on Alpha.
-
- DEC's answer: "Oh, just assemble with SYS$LIBRARY:ARCH_DEFS+your code".
- My response: "Oh look, there IS NO ARCH_DEF ON THE VAXES!!!"
-
- Dear DEC, please cease the cerebro-rectal interface and put
- builtins into the AMAC assembler, JUST LIKE YOUR #@&$*(
- documentation and my #*&($ expectations want it to be.
-
- Ehud
-
- --
- Ehud Gavron (EG76)
- gavron@vesta.sunquest.com This was sent
- "The world bores you when you're cool." from an Alpha
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