[Info-vax] Running OpenVMS native on x86 . . .

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-12-08 21.26, JF Mezei wrote:
> John Reagan wrote:
>> Unless I've been brainwashed into
>> forgetting that I did that work
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> You are so good that you ported Macro 32 to x86 in your sleep and don't
> remeneber doing so :-)
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>> [insert favorite conspiracy theory here like
>> Hoff copying the source tree one late night in the basement of ZKO],
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> I am touched that my theory is your favourite :-) :-) :-) :-)
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> And does Hoff really need Macro32 ? Doesn't he code in octal ?

VAXen don't speak octal. They speak hex.

> Seriously though, and not to support any conspiracy stuff but...
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> Instead of writing a Macro 32 compiler for x86, would it be even
> possible to build a macro library for the x86 assembler so that Macro32
> code would be translated to x86 code by the x86 assember ?

Not really. Even with a good macro assembler, there is too much 
complexity involved that you just cannot get right by trying to just do 
a simple mapping from one architecture to another. You do need a proper 
compiler.

	Johnny