Talk:NASM (computer program)

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[edit] Name

How did it come by its name? "Netwide Assembler" seems kind of odd. Is it like Nethack in its derivation? --Gwern (contribs) 18:39, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

IIRC, the name came about because the project was based on a load of discussions to which anyone on the USENET group comp.lang.asm.x86 was encouraged to contribute, about what their ideal assembler would look like. In a sense, it was built to keep all of those things that were discussed there in mind. OK, so some of them never happened, but in spirit it was an assembler designed for the Internet, or at least that part of it that read clax86. Probably best to ask Simon Tatham. I'm pretty sure the name was his idea, and I don't think he ever comes here. JulesH 14:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the page should mention this, along with some info about what stuff wasn't added?

And, shouldn't this page be at Netwide assembler ?

Zuiram 08:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)