[Info-vax] GCC for VMS, was: Re: fortran compiler roadmap?

[John E. Malmberg]

On 4/17/2013 10:03 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>
> I also asked specifically whether the resulting C compiler could be
> used with the CRTL and he said yes, but you'd have to point the
> compiler build at the headers you already have, which means you'd have
> to already have rights to use the HP C compiler.  I remain skeptical
> whether GNU C could even compile those headers given all of the
> pragmas, specific alignment requirements, etc., but I suppose it's
> possible.

OpenVMS 8.x and probably earlier versions contain the CRTL header file 
text libraries.  The ones supplied by the compiler are updates that are 
only supplied if needed.

And as far as I know, a compiler license is not needed to read or use 
the definitions in the text libraries supplied by the operating system.

If GNU C can use those headers as-is is a totally different question.  I 
do not know.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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