[Info-vax] C troubles: BADSTATICCVT

[DaveFroble]

John Reagan wrote:
> I'll also remind folks that the Macro-32 compiler was originally intended to
> be a SHORT-TERM product to aid in the initial porting but the compiler was
> going to be retired in a few years once everybody had a chance to recode into
> a higher level language.

Yeah, funny that.

A simple question in a not so simple environment.

Considering anything VAX as a different environment, and ignoring it, Macro-32 
is now a compiled language.  What good, if any, would there be in making it a 
strictly 64 bit language?

There is that 1/3 of VMS still in Macro-32 code, and who knows how many others 
have substantial Macro-32 code.  So there is a valid argument for it continuing 
to exist.

What I see (from far away and distorted) as the biggest problem is what you 
mentioned elsewhere, the addressing.  You most likely see much clearer and know 
of possible problems others don't know exist.  So you get the question.

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