[Info-vax] FreeAXP/Avanti 2.2.0.435 Released

[David Froble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4df1f7a0-54d4-44bf-9bc8-aafa4190cbd9 at googlegroups.com>, Artem Alimarin <artem.alimarin at gmail.com> writes:
>> There is probably no other reason than when it is impossible or hard to port.
> 
> I've ported 100s of VAX applications, utilities, drivers, etc. to Alpha.
> I've never found anything difficult or impossible, and I never found a 
> single bit of VAX software that was not portable.
> 
> 
> 
>> However, there are such situations on Alpha. 
> 
> People continue, to this day, to make these claims but my contention is
> that these situations are just as fictitious as Santa Clause, the Easter
> Bunny and honest lawyers.
> 
> 

First, let's not insult Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny!

Strange as it seems, there have been reports of people running software 
for which they do not have the sources, or have lost the sources.

In general, I agree with you.  Most of the VAX languages were ported to 
Alpha, and IA-64.  Perhaps not with all features, such as the 
incremental compilation in VAX Basic, but enough to be usable.  It's 
usually a matter of resolve to "do it".