[Info-vax] PostgreSQL (Re: open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes))

[David Froble]

BillPedersen wrote:

> Or you can get involved with the VMS-Ports SourceForge Project which is coordinating access between several open source porting efforts and HP OpenVMS Engineering.  Mark Berryman is involved with that effort and we are looking to expand our numbers so we can address more issue.
> 
> The VMS-Ports Project also supports a bug submission process on SourceForge and would be the perfect place to coordinate the beta of PostgreSQL as well as other database efforts and open source porting efforts.
> 
> We are having one of our conference calls tonight, 23:00 EDT.  If you are interested please contact me for details.
> 
> Bill.

Ok, I'll bite on this lure ....

I don't know why, but I have "blind spots".  Things that I just don't 
seem able to wrap my mind around.

As an example, transfer vectors for RTLs on VAX.  Made perfect sense to 
me.  Used them in the RTLs I produced.

Now for Alpha.  No more transfer vectors.  Something done in the linker. 
  I've had people tell me the Alpha method is much easier.  I just don't 
"get it".  To this day, I need to hire help to do such things.

The same thing happens with C.  I don't know why.  I've tried.  It just 
doesn't make sense to me.  I'm not going to blame the language.  I've 
never been able to acquire another language besides English either.  I 
know I have these problems.  I'm the problem.  Doesn't make it any less 
of a problem.

I'm guessing that just about everything you're doing is based on C.  Am 
I correct?  If so, then I wouldn't be much help.