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x86 Assembly on Mac OS X

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. x86 by turtled · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you have no desire to change from your Powerbook, why program at all? Would it not be best to compile ASM for x86 other than on, an x86 platform? Maybe I don't understand?

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  2. Re:You don't understand the problem by Leknor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Amen.