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SubjectRe: Re : Re : Re : [PATCH] Compressed ia32 ELF file generation for loading by Gujin 1/3
Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>> Modifying the linux real mode assembler, nobody could even want to.
>
> I have several times. It's just code. But I do agree it will likely
> be more maintainable if we can convert it to C.
>
> On that same token I wrote a compiler in romcc in another context so I
> didn't have to write so much assembly. And for maintainability and
> comprehensibility it was a big help.
>

I've long wished that someone would do a proper 16-bit x86 port of gcc;
however, the .code16gcc is usually good enough, although it produces
code which is a lot bigger than it needs to be.

-hpa

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