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The original VMS kernel was written in assembler. It is doubtful that anyone would want it.

I don't know how later versions changed.

In any case, Windows NT (re)used a number of concepts from VMS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Development

"Although NT was not an exact clone of Cutler's previous operating systems, DEC engineers almost immediately noticed the internal similarities. Parts of VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures, published by Digital Press, accurately describe Windows NT internals using VMS terms."



I remember one disk defragmentation utility I used on NTFS, Diskkeeper IIRC, was originally written for VMS.




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