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Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stoc... by benstopics on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:07AM (#47012651)
I do think it is possible with the advent of Claude Agent to transpile the code. First I would refactor the trampoline system to be functional and unit test everything. Then I would use those tests to validate the transpilation. It's something that I would consider doing for a Wall Street Raider 2 to overhaul the engine and deliver massive improvements to the engine itself. I do want to do this to a certain extent to implement automated e2e testing. But I don't mind BASIC at all, prefer it actually, I just want automated testing set up. But a lot of this is beyond the scope of my goals for Early Access release.
Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stoc... by seddonm1 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @07:26AM (#47014046)
Hi Ben. I published an article about this problem this week (and did a talk at Rust Sydney).

What you need is differential, property testing. I’m sure it would work for you (you can skip the first half as you already have the source):

https://reorchestrate.com/posts/bringing-a-warhammer-to-a-kn...