[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

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In article <iNqdnfhzKIfVi2nXnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>Neil Rieck wrote:
>> Since any idiot can put up a web page these days, you know it all
>> can't be true. So imagine my surprise when I bumped into this:
>> 
>> http://radsoft.net/rants/20040831,00.shtml
>> 
>> <quote>Dave always wanted to rewrite VMS in C. He hated Unix but loved
>> C. As soon as he'd finished VMS he suggested the rewrite. He was
>> turned down flat. Several years later he found himself in Seattle and
>> essentially was doing the rewrite in C when word came DEC were tired
>> of him.</quote>
>> 
>> This article contains lots of other (possibly) questionable facts, but
>> think about the statement above "rewrite VMS in C". If this had
>> happened, we would have VMS or OpenVMS on any platform including
>> x86-64
>> 
>> NSR
>
>Not ANY platform!  There are architectural requirements; things like 
>number and sizes of registers, processor modes, etc.
>
>Many years ago, somebody wrote PCVMS.  I bought a copy.  It had a DCL 
>like command language, and VMS-like system services.  It was NOT VMS.

Wendin Associate.  I had a copy too when I was working at Lakehurst
NAEC.  It was considered a toy and little more.

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