[Info-vax] Programming languages, was: Re: OpenVMS printing to PDF

[Simon Clubley]

On 2015-05-19, Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org> wrote:
> In article <mjdnlf$5mh$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>> On 2015-05-18, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> And how many "other systems" comes with anything more then a C compiler?
>>>
>> 
>> gcc comes with multiple language support including C, C++, Fortran and
>> Ada.
>> 
>
>    Yes, but when you install gcc, you generally don't get Fortran or Ada
>    unles you also install something extra.
>

Yes, but those options are part of the base distribution ready for
you to select during installation if needed just as you have options
during VMS installation; those options are still considered to be a
part of the distribution even if you choose not to install them on a
specific system.

Simon.

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