[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Fritz Wuehler]

helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) wrote:

> > So why do people here always throw out BLISS as the reason why porting
> > VMS to x86 is not possible? After all, its only software. Software
> > patents have always been dubious but if there is a copyright on BLISS
> > then why not just reverse engineer it in C?
> 
> Reverse-engineered might not be very efficient.

Don't reverse engineer it as it won't make sense on a non-native platform.
Reproduce the function, not the implementation. I've done before and it
can work fantastically. If you have doc and especially people who know how
it should work I think you can do this.