[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

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On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:54 +0100
hb via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 01/26/2016 08:02 AM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> > I thought you said you got it to crash by control-X space. If so this
> > isn't limited to dired. Maybe the whole thing needs to be
> > compiled /noopt and then it will probably be unusable. The other option
> > if you really want to compile it like it was "designed" to be compiled
> > if there indeed is any such thing would be to get the comtemporaneous
> > port of gcc for VAX/VMS and build with that. gnu crapware is not
> > guaranteed to build or work with anything but gcc and bash and then
> > only sometimes.
> 
> With ^X^F and space, which for me seems to be more or less the same
> thing as meta-x and dired.

Ok, I wasn't aware of that.

> >> > Anybody wants to try the workaround, anyway?
> > Sure if you want to spend the time messing around with it I'll gladly
> > test it and get back to you. Especially the gcc idea sounds promising
> > because the optimizations seem essential and that is less likely to
> > break badly.
> 
> I'm not sure I want to go the gcc route. I don't know whether there is a
> contemporary version of gcc for VAX/VMS.

I'm sure there was. It's only a question of finding it. I'll look around.

> This is old stuff and it is fun to play with it, but that's all. I will
> try to find out, what the cause of the problem is. The good thing is, it
> is not in Emacs' memory management, which is code, which I prefer not to
> touch. Sooner or later I will make my source code changes available so
> someone can try gcc on them.

Thanks for all your time and effort. I don't blame you if you don't want to
go further with it.

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