[Info-vax] Updated VMS Roadmap

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Guy Peleg wrote:
> 
>> The migration from 8.3 to 8.3-1H1 is straightforward. Simple VMS
>> upgrade.
> 
> Out of curiosity, if one has an IA64 box that requires 8.3-1H1 , would
> running applications *compiled* for 8.3 result in the application not
> making most efficient use of new features in the CPU ?
> 
> Or is EPIC, instruction ordering and instruction set pretty much stable
> on IA64, not requiring compilers be updated to make use of new features ?

I think you are walking down the wrong lane.
8.3 vs. 8.3-1H1 has probably nothing att all with EPIC to do.
The 1H1 is a VMS update, not an EPIC update...