MASM was also excessively wordy in many other areas. The amount you had to write to introduce a new segment or access something from another segment was ridicul

MASM was also excessively wordy in many other areas. The amount you had to write to introduce a new segment or access something from another segment was ridiculous. I guess they probably improved that in later releases after TASM showed you didn't need any of that nonsense (and just had .TEXT and .DATA instead).