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MIXASM(1) General Commands Manual MIXASM(1)

NAME

mixasm — the MIX virtual machine assembler

SYNOPSIS

mixasm [-n | --ndebug] [-l | --list list-file] [-o | --output output-file] MIX_FILE

mixasm [-h | --help] [-u | --usage] [-v | --version]

DESCRIPTION

The mixasm utility is an assembler for the MIX virtual machine. The MIX is Donald Knuth's mythical computer, described in the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming, which is programmed using MIXAL, the MIX assembly language.

ENVIRONMENT

The operation of the mixasm utility is not affected by its environment.

EXIT STATUS

The mixasm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Compile a MIX assembly language file:

mixasm primes.mixal

Load a MIXAL program and run it in the MIX virtual machine:

mixvm -r hello.mix

SEE ALSO

gmixvm(1), mixguile(1), mixvm(1)

STANDARDS

No standards documentation was harmed in the process of creating mixasm.

AUTHOR

The mixasm utility was developed by
Jose A. Ortega Ruiz,
Pieter E. J. Pareit,
Philip E. King,
Michael Scholz and
Sergey Poznyakoff. This manual page was written by
Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩ for the Debian Project.

February 18, 2011 Debian