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authorjmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org>2003-09-17 16:40:12 +0000
committerjmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org>2003-09-17 16:40:12 +0000
commitca3c18dc59ddca32e741915afedef891053ffabb (patch)
tree11ca480bc60fb01b774fe5a57489f1f16184ade8 /devel/nasm/DESCR
parent893ae091d24a0149ed928dfcda42b2165a05e00a (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-ca3c18dc59ddca32e741915afedef891053ffabb.tar.gz
Update to 0.98.37 (really, rename nasm-devel to nasm). This version is far
more complete than 0.98, plus homogenizing the package in a single one will save us from conflicts during bulk builds (and during manual builds too).
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-This is a distribution of NASM, the Netwide Assembler. NASM is a
-prototype general-purpose x86 assembler. It will currently output
-flat-form binary files, a.out, COFF and ELF Unix object files,
-Microsoft Win32 and 16-bit DOS object files, OS/2 object files, the
-as86 object format, and a home-grown format called RDF.
-
-Also included is NDISASM, a prototype x86 binary-file disassembler
-which uses the same instruction table as NASM.
+The Netwide Assembler, NASM, is an 80x86 assembler designed for portability
+and modularity. It supports a range of object file formats, including Linux
+a.out and ELF, NetBSD/FreeBSD, COFF, Microsoft 16-bit OBJ and Win32. It will
+also output plain binary files. Its syntax is designed to be simple and easy
+to understand, similar to Intel's but less complex.