[fpc-pascal] Language mode, assembler style

[Sven Barth]

On 25.08.2012 12:22, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> In our previous episode, Sven Barth said:
>> Because only for modes TP and Delphi the default style is Intel instead
>> of AT&T which was chosen as the default for FPC (not the mode, but the
>> compiler) on x86 systems.
>>
>> And before you ask: I don't know why AT&T was chosen as default, maybe
>> by personal preference. I personally indeed prefer the AT&T syntax over
>> the Intel one...
>
> Originally FPC only supported mode direct, passing assembler mostly verbatim
> (as text) to the backend assembler (G)AS.  And AS was AT&T only at the time.
>
> The first assembler readers date from the 0.99.8 period IIRC, or maybe one
> later. This also allowed for using parameter symbols etc. (+/- 1998?)
>
> Intel followed rather quickly, but I think that Intel style was only made
> the default of mode Delphi in 1.9.8 or so.  (so say late 2004 or early
> 2005), when assembler really became somewhat compatible with the change to
> from oldfpccall to the "register" calling convention

Thank you for the explanation :)

Regards,
Sven