What shall I name this new RISC-V assembler project of mine? (My current assembler, the one written in Python 2, is named simply 'a'.)
It will target the RV32I and RV64I instruction sets. (A, M, etc. extensions can be added later if/when needed.) I intend on emitting hunk-formatted output files. See http://kestrelcomputer.github.io/kestrel/2018/01/29/on-elf and http://kestrelcomputer.github.io/kestrel/2018/02/01/on-elf-2 for the reasons why.
I am partial to asm myself. But, I'd love your thoughts on the matter.
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@vertigo I'm confused. ASM and A are already taken (A by you, and ASM goes back to the begining of computing).. AS sounds like the only unique option.
I feel like any of these three choices would also be hell in terms of searchability.
@freemo 'as' is the name of the assembler on Unix systems, so wouldn't be unique either.
Yes, all are terrible for searching. I find most assemblers are.
