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From: Nathan on 18 Dec 2009 20:55
"Richard Russell" <news(a)MUNGED.microcosmotalk.com> wrote in message
>
> Here is one of many places where the correct functionality is
> described (and a particularly trustworthy one!):
>
> http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/watercooler-catchall/topic/48290/
>

The way I see it, Intel is only responsible for the machine language
that
its CPUs will execute. The author of an assembly language has
complete
freedom to match chosen mnemonics to those machine opcodes per his/her
own
design goals. Microsoft certainly deviated from Intel's suggestions
with
several of the mnemonic/opcode mappings supported by MASM. Herbert
Kleebauer {sometimes found lurking in A.L.A which I've added to this
thread }chose an entirely different mnemonic syntax { heavily
enfluenced by
Motorola 68000 and the like }for the entire instruction list supported
by
his Daniela/Windela/Lindela assembler. I could easily keep going, but
I'm
sure you get the point. If a programmer wants to whine about those
choices -- that is the programmer's problem.

If you are truly interested in Randy's design decisions regarding HLA,
then
I suggest that you take the time to ask him.

Nathan.
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