Jichao
Reputation: 41845
Where does at&t assembly syntax come from?
Intel makes microprocessor, so he could define the instruction format and its corresponse assembly of its processors,so why AT&T could also create its syntax of assembly language?
thanks.
Upvotes: 12
Views: 1950
Answers (1)
Heath Hunnicutt
Reputation: 19467
This google book link (Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux By Jeff Duntemann p. 444) matches what I would have guessed: that AT&T developed the syntax for use on a number of different platforms.
AT&T played a major role in the history of computers. AT&T (Bell Labs) was the source of Unix, the C programming language, and many other fundamental tools that we continue to use today.
Upvotes: 16
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