On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:12:46 GMT, Clueless Newbie wrote:
> 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 don't know, but if it doesn't, you could try inserting it directly
with "db nn".
> 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?
Again, I don't know, but if you could always use a DOS BASIC. Most
FreeBasic code can be run by QuickBasic without modification.
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