[Info-vax] VSI: "Official 8.4-1H1 Launch"

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mkqvg1$ucd$2 at dont-email.me>,
	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2015-06-04, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 1) Roadmap
>>> http://www.vmssoftware.com/news/VMS_Software_Roadmap.pdf
>>> 2) History: Some stuff that needed rewriting has already been
>>> rewritten in earlier ports (VAX->Alpha->IA64). 
>>> 4) The official VSI roadmap [1] talks about binary translation (static
>>> and dynamic) in V9.0 on x86-64 in 2017.
>>> 8) That's all readily available published information. You want more?
>> 
>> 16) The current VSI roadmaps are indeed rather detailed, but I wonder if
>> VSI have decided yet what they are going to do about Ada on x86-64 ?
>> 
>> I know the last time it was raised in comp.os.vms, the VSI response was
>> that the Ada situation is complicated.
>> 
>> Simon.
>> 
> 
> Well, you got to figure, if it's complicated, then they are looking at 
> it.  If they weren't going to consider it, how could it be complicated?
> 
> I'm wondering whether there might be licensing issues.

I suppose they could always go back and get the old NYU GNAT stuff
(which I am fairly certain had a VMS port) and bring it up to current
ADA Standards.  If ACT could do it I see no reason why the excellent
compiler guys now working for VSI couldn't.  :-)

bill

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