From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31669 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2023 20:28:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Aug 2023 20:28:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443DA42A9C; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 06:28:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-x22e.google.com (mail-lj1-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22e]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67EB742A96 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 06:28:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-x22e.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2bbad32bc79so20491381fa.0 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:28:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1692995292; x=1693600092; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=vajsAOdv+yMds5anyHyvLkxKEt6mGMFY9jNy0g5dp+w=; b=chrBXBuR8+HQB+0ONdF29bRZOnDcr4fjlPSwYX1JANDAxNcuX1QR4H6t1yS4A9Cmxp Z5C0SiDvXfmdFYUwygQ+zAwLfEVv3Kh51A/Jro6sdFCKO1c+TWDkyZ25LRYiY1v2fyu8 gKlHL4DJfPPKJkZV8jdigMPvhBFSG/4udardEf+H8zG5pqbfbPx41xR+DRpiwy5gFRZF LFSKqfnk8Kw7xM/JpfuEYlRL9Wq4KS9GkNMw/q0//SUkuec6RVP2u6u0F6Of7r1zIWay IqSQ1d82C25OtAho546SxjFkK06ZL0y/aqZhdmePGG9xg47SeVxCXHkflW/0LLVy9UZo qfLA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1692995292; x=1693600092; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=vajsAOdv+yMds5anyHyvLkxKEt6mGMFY9jNy0g5dp+w=; b=PzvOXzNlqya0Gh350wJB1DuNTdr+91iv5XBKrqm6o9zf5N5v2baLt0rMil2/bFVQ9H 5VaZ3RHvOFl+oOWTiDMuxXMYdnO/xoyXb+/fbV3NAUfBHgYn5fRgKby0CbiICg8caTUQ igGyiW3hEXBy44VMYGriH7KUqbpYEM4z3oZtBQ5LcyyfOWbY1KQU+IctKN6NZpdnmAmN 7ofaVVUqB5oMaEJGl7pnYN6umPnTtKxCNTvU75R21IhOaN+BqCFMWyNlu+GhI7qtyj7V OCNo+icT8c3iVSpOAI+Y7jRfRVKrgfUguywJONeyZO908xXH3cBo91s/1QHKWSUXz2yZ Nuyg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwIVqcg3bSVzR/xVOnWjEX0bDAdTeftBS8NmJb8Bd+ZL5XGS0U1 piLMITTGBH5Z9+KI4S00O/jSVVtKPciLHMGvVgsF678E X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IG9FQpf+szVtUAee0lH+gVc6WZC8vYkIiL/iRgoxyWSlBgJcmBl5Y1LfMgT/01cpuKRfyyf8FfiZ+/41vK2qpM= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:6814:0:b0:2ba:18e5:1070 with SMTP id c20-20020a2e6814000000b002ba18e51070mr15309323lja.24.1692995291809; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:28:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <0brzeViMphXChfHcG_z67mvox9cjHK0KEt6b0VPndBMnBcJ4ywJQFoiJ-yMaR2x2FAnxqD8RjdVCf01kftJkhw0AopHnGcoY8yCpbujx56s=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0brzeViMphXChfHcG_z67mvox9cjHK0KEt6b0VPndBMnBcJ4ywJQFoiJ-yMaR2x2FAnxqD8RjdVCf01kftJkhw0AopHnGcoY8yCpbujx56s=@protonmail.com> From: Rich Salz Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:28:00 -0400 Message-ID: To: segaloco Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f98d290603c52e8c" Message-ID-Hash: QOLOIBNGLB4VQRCC7EYKFV47A4HLWK2S X-Message-ID-Hash: QOLOIBNGLB4VQRCC7EYKFV47A4HLWK2S X-MailFrom: rich.salz@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: UNIX Disassemblers and other RE Tools List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000f98d290603c52e8c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Was a disassembler ever considered part of the standard binary objects > toolkit with the assembler, linker, etc. or was that the sort of thing that > was more niche and therefore just kinda cropped up when/if someone decided > to write one? There was a Vax decompiler around the time of 4.2BSD that was available from some university (Utah?). It was commonly used to decompile Peter Langston's empire program so it could be run on a bunch of the other Unix minicomputers that were available at that time. (E.g., we ran it on Pyramid's) --000000000000f98d290603c52e8c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Was a disassembler ever considered part of the standard binary objects tool= kit with the assembler, linker, etc. or was that the sort of thing that was= more niche and therefore just kinda cropped up when/if someone decided to = write one?

There was a Vax decompiler around the= time of 4.2BSD that was available from some university (Utah?). It was com= monly used to decompile Peter Langston's empire program so it could be = run on a bunch of the other Unix minicomputers that were available at that = time.=C2=A0 (E.g., we ran it on Pyramid's)
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