[Info-vax] ada archives and debug

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2018-01-21 kl. 00:00, skrev gérard Calliet:
> Le 19/01/2018 à 17:06, Stephen Hoffman a écrit :
>> This is not a weekend project, by any stretch.
> 
> My weekend answer: great thanks for this discussion, and all the ideas and 
> links, and I say that for all contributors.
> 
> So: next 6 days to read all I can, next 6 months to do the job, and one 
> more idea a day in this thread.
> 
> I needed intuitions on feasibility. I got them. It seems it is a complex 
> project, but not impossible.
> 
> I go back with more technical issues as soon as I can.
> 
> Before the complete project will be available, everyone can download the 
> compiler (www.vmsadaall.org) as it is for VMS Itanium, try it, criticize it.
> 
> It is now a (somehow) poor solution.
> (I had to have a compiler rebuilt for a port from DEC Ada (alpha) to 
> Itanium, and Adacore gave up the support just before the beginning of the 
> project. The solution you can get is a rapid rebuild from FSF sources. A 
> lot of work has to be done now, for example about packaging, and 
> integration of integration tools (like GNAT shop).)
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Gérard Calliet

Question is, would the customer/user rather move away from OpenVMS
rather then move away from Ada (and stay on OpenVMS)?

Unfortunately, it is this kind of "issues" that might push custumers
away from OpenVMS.