18 Feb
2002
18 Feb
'02
8:21 a.m.
There are two possible reasons for using inline assembler code :
- For speed-critical portions of code.
- For very low-level, machine-specific parts of the code.
So, if it's reason #2, then you can't merely translate the code, either to Pascal, or to your new target machine language, Sparc. For example, suppose the inline assembly code is an interrupt service routine for INT4 (COM1: serial port interrupt). You can't just translate this to another platform, because INT4 (if there is such a thing) will be unrelated, the serial port I/O addresses will be different, the serial port UART probably has different registers and modes, the CPU will definitely have different registers, etc., etc.
Maybe if the OP posts a sample here, we can determine if it is (1) or (2)