@bmastenbrook to the actual machine? does it correspond to {x86,mips} machines more so than mips does? are you sure?
@elwoz @whitequark @johnregehr @bmastenbrook The only thing ppl _actually_ need asm for is stuff _not representable_ in C.
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@RichFelker I take issue to the statement that we don't need alternatives to C -
@whitequark Replace "C" by your favorite HLL. Same principle applies. -
@RichFelker I agree then; but also the discussion is centered around a hypothetical HLL that we call "portable assembly" -
@whitequark To me, part of the definition of "portable assembly" is that it _not_ be a HLL. -
@RichFelker portability requires abstraction, which is inevitably a high-level feature. the question is to what level -
@whitequark I consider a language HL if it lacks direct correspondence between source statements & output machine insns ("as if rule"). -
@RichFelker I think this definition isn't rigorous enough to be useful. Scheme defined to be template-compiled is not HLL; -
@RichFelker regular assembly with extensive use of pseudoinstructions is HLL? - 6 more replies
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@elwoz@whitequark@johnregehr@bmastenbrook i.e. things like task/context switch, thread creation, sj/lj impl, code that runs w/o stack,...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RichFelker@whitequark@johnregehr@bmastenbrook Tomayto, tomahto.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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