[Info-vax] Intel proposal to simplify x86-64

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2023-06-07 kl. 04:32, skrev Robert A. Brooks:
> On 6/6/2023 7:55 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> VSI has states that they will *not* provide an
>> IEST utility (similar to VEST and AEST).
> 
> Correct; work had started on an Alpha-to-X86_64 tool, but
> that did not continue; I'm not sure how much progress
> was made.
> 
>> And if TECO on Alpha indeed was VEST'ed (and AEST'ed to Itanium????)
>> then it seems rather unlikely that it will ever show up on
>> x86-64.
>   VSI will definitely not provide a TECO for X86_64 based on the 
> VAX/Alpha/IA64 lineage.
> 
> Yes, Andy Goldstein is still around, but mostly retired.
> 

I must ask (since I have never used TECO).

What is the unique feature of TECO that cannot be done
with some other tool(s)?