[Info-vax] A portable VMS, was: Re: OS Ancestry

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/18/2021 3:08 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-05-18, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 5/18/2021 3:03 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>                                                           and if
>>> it was required for some reason, it would be handled in the same
>>> way as however the Macro-32 compiler works in that case on Alpha.
>>
>> The Macro-32 compiler uses 32 bit pointers on 64 bit VMS.
> 
> Then your translated VEST image would work in the same way.
> 
> After all, the image is coming from a 32-bit environment.

And it did.

But that means 32 bit pointers.

And then Macro-32 is obviously fine as it uses the same 32 bit pointers.

Arne