Also check out https://www.capstone-engine.org/ plus a few of its related 
projects, such as Unicorn, Keystone, etc.
I remember seeing (in their slides) IBM itself sponsoring or working on this 
too, w.r.t the Z parts.

- KB
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On Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 at 9:36 PM, Jared Hunter 
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> Peter wrote:
>
> > TANSTAFL -- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. You have to put in 
> > the effort to understand the original code
>
> This, but with a twist.
>
> zArchitecture (s390 and s390x) are listed as supported by IDA Pro.
>
> https://hex-rays.com/products/ida/processors/
>
> Depending on how well-commented the original ASM is, the right application of 
> disassembly to graphs, giant displays, and coffee* might get you to 
> high-quality supportable HLL faster than inspecting/converting the original 
> source.
>
> -Jared
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