[Info-vax] Open Source on OpenVMS - need some feedback

[John Reagan]

On Friday, January 2, 2015 8:15:58 AM UTC-5, Dirk Munk wrote:
> Craig A. Berry wrote:
> > On 1/1/15 12:43 PM, BillPedersen wrote:
> >> Happy New Year to everyone, first.
> >
> >> VMS Software Inc. is looking for some feedback as to C99 features
> >> missing/broken in current C compiler.  Also looking for feedback on
> >> missing/broken CRTL functions.  Please feel free to submit
> >> information to me and I will forward to VSI.
> >
> > While collecting feedback is good, there is really no substitute for
> > passing a conformance test suite. The following turned up in a quick
> > search; it looks like the good ones cost money. I know nothing about
> > these, but I'll note that a prior version of the first one (from
> > Perennial) was used to certify C89 compliance for DEC C on Digital UNIX.
> >
> > <http://www.peren.com/index.htm>
> >
> > <http://www.plumhall.com/stec1.html>
> >
> > <http://www.ace.nl/compiler/supertest.html>
> >
> > The following appear quite incomplete but are free:
> >
> > <http://posixtest.sourceforge.net>
> >
> > <http://p99.gforge.inria.fr/p99-html/test-p99-conformance_8c-example.html>
> 
> I agree, a conformance test suite is what you need. The last thing we 
> need is a C compiler with bugs.
> 
> I looked at the first three test suites, and I noticed that Perennial is 
> the only one that also supports the new C11 (2011) and C++ 2014 standards.

We have suites (and will get more), but besides the standards C99/C11/C++11/etc, there are other things in the headers from various POSIX standards. I'm just trying to collect input on things that could be better/faster/newer.