VAX 4.1/4.2 C asm() question

[jack at boring.UUCP]

This brings me to one of my favorite flames :
NEVER USE ASM() STATEMENTS!!
If you do, do something like

#ifdef FUNNY_MACHINE
	asm("movm	r3,r4,r5");
#else
	while(i-->0) *p++ = *q++;
#endif FUNNY_MACHINE

or, if this is impossible, the least you should do is
#ifdef FUNNY_MACHINE
	asm("barf	r0");
#else
This instruction should flash all the lights on the console,
turn all the terminals off, and turn on the coffee machine;
#endif FUNNY_MACHINE

How the h*ll should anyone with a different machine now what
your assembly language is like, *even if you're running on a VAX*?
-- 
	Jack Jansen, jack at mcvax.UUCP
	The shell is my oyster.