[Info-vax] Compatibility and 64-bit

[seasoned_geek]

On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 4:12:27 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> What happens here depends a great deal on the existing BASIC code.  
> Most BASIC code probably won't notice 64-bit.

That would depend on just how old the BASIC code is and how many platforms it migrated through, as well as any "standards" updates which get tossed in. I mean I've had to work on BASIC ERP systems which started out on Singer BASIC, got ported to BASIC PLUS, then PLUS/2, then VAX BASIC back when VAX BASIC still had IRREGARDLESS (and we had one developer who loved it!) Soo...

I guess what I'm saying is the assumption we make responding to things like this is the environment is "current", not running a really old version of the compiler, not linking with any VESTed libraries, etc. 

Senior moment:  VEST was VAX -> Alpha  what was the name of the tool which was never going to exist, then quietly surfaced for Alpha -> Itanic?