RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maybe OT, reprap build started

I would expect a '.asm' to be assembler source code and should thus be human-readable. If this is object code, and the project is (as claimed) open source, the source for the object code should also be available.

The object code may have been included in the file bundle so that people who don't want to change this module don't have to install the appropriate assembler to rebuild the rest of the package.

-Kevin Martin
the Papertrail Handmade Paper & Book Arts
New Dundee, Ontario
518-884-7123
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-----Original Message-----
From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Danny Miller

High-performance microcontroller code must often be written in ASM.
[...]
So, it would not be too surprising to me that it would be provided in
ASM, and I don't see it as indicative of secrecy.

Danny

On 10/10/2011 1:10 AM, Phil@Yahoo wrote:
> [...] I found an 84MB file and downloaded it, which seems to
> contain everything [...]. There was one file
> named thermoplast-direct-drive.asm that does not appear to be human-readable
> source. Maybe .asm means something else to some folks.