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Where does at&t assembly syntax come from?

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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?

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Jichao Avatar asked Nov 03 '09 01:11

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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.

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Heath Hunnicutt Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 20:10

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