[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Kulin]

"John Reagan" <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> >"Fritz Wuehler"  wrote in message 
> >news:688da0947b8b8deb5e49baab8907fe43 at msgid.frell.theremailer.net...
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> >>"John Reagan" <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> >> However, for some reason, the VMS customer base uses other languages like
> >> COBOL, Fortran, BASIC, Pascal, and even Ada.  Don't forget them.
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> >Yes but those other languages are all available for x86. gcc already
> >supports many platforms, can it be that difficult to generate VAX ABI calls
> >given the x86 code generation itself is already there?
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> Most of the VMS compilers have lots of extensions beyond the 
> industry-substandard.  For instance, OpenVMS Pascal is way beyond what you'd 
> get from the gcc-based Pascal (I have that installed on my Linux box).  The 
> ability in BASIC, COBOL, etc. to build OpenVMS descriptors wouldn't be found 
> in any other variant for x86.  It isn't gcc that I'd be worried about, it is 
> the random combination of frontends you'd have to enhance.
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Yes, thanks for reminding me. I remember (now) reading VAX compilers had
many extensions and I didn't think it through. I have similar issues on my
$PLATFORM. Sorry for the noise.