Em 26/7/2011 13:35, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk escreveu:
>>> (absolute mode versus relative mode)
>>> I don't think the question is that crucial. As you pointed out in your
>>> other post, that assembly is important to get a hands on view of the
>>> architecture. Once someone has that under their belt, they can pretty
>>> easily move on to an HLL that abstracts a lot of the details of paging,
>>> banking, and the like.
>> One advantage of relative mode (I think, I have not explored this
>> enough) is that it is easier to mix with C.
> Isn't it more a case of you have to use relative to mix it with C, as you=
 have to use the linker, and the linker cannot deal with absolute mode?


I think absolute mode is just a left-over from the past. It is much
easier to use relative mode even in assembly, you don't need to manage
the location of the sections by yourself. This can be hard and
error-prone in mid-to-large projects.


Isaac

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