x86 Assembly on Mac OS X

Posted by Cliff on Friday February 11, 2005 @08:52AM from the cross-compiling-heaven dept.

Quicksilver31337 asks: "I am currently taking an Assembly course which requires that I be able to compile ASM for the intel x86; however, I am stubbornly a Mac user. Having no desire to switch from my Powerbook, what can I do to work with, compile, and run x86 ASM short of running VirtualPC?" While Mac OS X does use gcc and its associated tool-chain, an old Slashdot discussion seems to imply that cross-compiling is better under OpenDarwin than Mac OS X. Has anyone tried cross-compiling under both operating systems? If so, what suggestions on setting up a working tool-chain do you have?

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You don't understand the problem by bluGill · 2005-02-11 09:02 · Score: -1, Flamebait

You obviously do not understand the problem. Assembly is NOT cross platform. No way, no how.
The fact that you asked this question suggests you are in the wrong area of study. I know it sounds like flamebait, but face it, anyone who asks this question has no business programming at all. You clearly have no clue what is really going on. Find something to do with your life that you do have a clue in.