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   Simon Clubley to arne@vajhoej.dk   
   Re: VLF Notes: VMware ESXi for VSI/VMS h   
   04 Dec 24 13:25:10   
   
   From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2024-12-02, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 12/2/2024 7:56 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:16:09 +1100, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:   
   >>> We do regret not releasing the LMFgen in the proper, and fitting,   
   >>> manner which was originally intended, back in 2012 - as BLISS, and   
   >>> VAXC, full source code - also compiled for VAX and AXP, and designed   
   >>> for integration as DCL Verbs. We also intended to write the LMFgen as   
   >>> a DCL Command Script, so that it was comprehensible to any VMS person   
   >>> - DCL is capable of great elegance - the joys of lexical discourse!   
   >>   
   >> I got hold of that C code, which looked to me like some kind of straight   
   >> transliteration of a disassembly of VAX code straight into C. I did try to   
   >> clean it up a bit and make it easier to understand what was going on. I   
   >> also did a Python version, which added more features.   
   >>   
   >> Should I make that available somewhere?   
   >   
   > Maybe:   
   >   
   > $ del [...]*lmfgen*.*;*   
   > $ del [...]*pakgen*.*;*   
   > $ del [...]*all_other_tools_intended_for_license_violation*.*;*   
   >   
      
   $ delete/erase woould be better.   
      
   It's nonsense like this that gives the hobbyist community a bad name.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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   Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
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