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The integrated assembler was very good. I worked for Acorn in the early 80s (was co-author of Acorn ISO Pascal), and we used our own H/W and S/W for all softwar
by HarHarVeryFunny 3y ago
The integrated assembler was very good. I worked for Acorn in the early 80s (was co-author of Acorn ISO Pascal), and we used our own H/W and S/W for all software development. ISO Pascal came in two 16K ROMS, one holding the compiler (in VM code), and one everything else (virtual machine, screen editor, Pascal libraries etc) which was all written in assembler using BBC Basic.
The combination of BASIC with the basic ability to have inline assembly was very convenient - just use a BASIC for loop for two-pass assembly, use CHAIN to split source into multiple files, etc.
- marbletiles 3y agoThere's no contact in your profile so I'll say it here: Thank you! That work had a big impact on me when I was getting started and I still think of the B incredibly fondly.
- HarHarVeryFunny 3y agoThanks - it's great to hear that. Acorn was an amazing place to work at that time - an absolute dream job for me straight out of college.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoThe day my dad brought home my Acorn Electron was a great day indeed. Closely followed by the day I got a tape recorder and DIN to 3.5mm/2.5mm cable.