I use BASIC with inline assembler todo my Assembly Language coding.
A few lines of BASIC are just the thing for getting some keyboard
input or putting a result on the screen -- tasls that are annoying
to code in Assembly.
I have been using PowerBASIC CC, but it dosn't handle extensions like
SSE3 and I want to be able to use any instruction my CPU can handle,
not just the ones that were on the original 386.
How suitable is FreeBASIC for this sort of thing? Will it handle the
newer CPU instructions?
I am also interested in running my programs under DOS -- I am using
NT right now, and it seems wastefull having all that cruft just to
load and run an Assembly Language Program. Does FreeBASIC under DOS
(and the 32-bit extension) really work well?
Thanks!
Clueless Newbie
