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What is "Assembler"? Is that supposed to mean assembly? If so what architecture uses '!' as a line comment token?
by mbell 14y ago
What is "Assembler"? Is that supposed to mean assembly? If so what architecture uses '!' as a line comment token?
- heretohelp 14y agoNot an architecture, an assembler.
- mbell 14y agoFair enough, my underlying point is that `assembly` isn't a language, it's a family of languages which have a set of characteristics which are tied very tightly to the instruction set used (often called an architecture). Comments would be a characteristic of the compiler, which you may call an 'assembler' if you wish, however an assembler is not a language.
- heretohelp 14y agoAn assembler is a utility with its own dialect regardless of target hardware.
- pjmlp 14y agoAssembler is what translates assembly code into executables, a compiler for assembly if you so wish. In many countries like mine, both terms tend to be used interchangeably.