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Date: | 2008-10-15 (12:38) |
From: | Kuba Ober <kuba@m...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Road to native windows OCaml... |
On Wednesday 15 October 2008, David Allsopp wrote: > Kuba Ober write: > > On Monday 13 October 2008, Seo Sanghyeon wrote: > > > 2008/10/14 Kuba Ober <kuba@mareimbrium.org>: > > > > 2. I need to get OCaml to use nasm instead of masm. I would go as far > > > > as completely pruning any masm references from OCaml -- there is > > > > just no need for masm when a good, free alternative exists. nasm is > > > > a single standalone executable -- you can't get much better than > > > > that. Heck, it works on unixes too, so it could be used on all > > > > platforms. gas is horrible too -- it's only raison-d'etre is to > > > > process output from gcc. > > > > > > nasm is x86-only, so it couldn't be used on all platforms. > > > > masm is too, right? I'm looking for a free replacement to masm/gas on > > x86. > > > > Cheers, Kuba > > AFAIK masm is part of the Windows DDK so it has to be x64! Installing DDK is kind of a long shot. I certainly don't have it installed, even though I use Visual Studio daily. For ia32, OCaml should use nasm where it previously used masm, that's about all I wish for. For ia64, I don't care much, and if DDK provides masm-x64 then that's probably good enough. Cheers, Kuba