VAX assembly is much higher level than x86. It’s closer to like B than assembly we’re familiar with. I believe they ported the kernel to C or Bliss in the alpha

VAX assembly is much higher level than x86. It’s closer to like B than assembly we’re familiar with. I believe they ported the kernel to C or Bliss in the alpha transition in the 90s because well alpha doesn’t speak VAX and no one wants to write an OS in RISC assembly