[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <qcKdnRmnLMttzljSnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d at insightbb.com>, "John Reagan" <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> writes:
> 
>> The 
>> ability in BASIC, COBOL, etc. to build OpenVMS descriptors wouldn't be found 
>> in any other variant for x86.
> 
>    An OpenVMS descriptor is a fully documented data structure, and I'm
>    not sure I've ever seen an HLL where I couldn't build it.
> 
>    On the other hand, I've yet to find out how to build actual data
>    structures in Lisp, other than the built-in cons cell.
> 

I believe the discussion was about non-VMS based languages already existing on x86 and how 
unsuitable they would be as a replacement for VMS languages.  Not about what you can do in 
a VMS based language.

But then, perhaps you refuse to acknowledge the existence of anything not on VMS ??