[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/23/2018 08:26 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 1/22/18 6:52 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 1/22/2018 7:50 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
>>> On 23-Jan-18 8:22 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>   > Languages needed for new stuff:
>>>>
>>>> C - HP/VSI, will be ported
> 
> I believe there will also be clang for C11 and later support.
> 
>>>> C++ - HP/VSI, will get a new implementation
>>>> Rust - no plans as far as I know
>>>> Java - HP/VSI, will be ported
>>>> Scala - will work when Java works
> 
> There is a Scala kit currently available for Itanium:
> vsi-i64vms-svn-v0108-13-1.
> 
>>>> Kotlin - will work when Java works
>>>> PHP - HP/VSI has an obsolete version, volunteers provide uptodate 
>>>> version, I assume it will be ported
> 
> How obsolete is vsi-i64vms-php-v0506-10g-1?
> 
>>>> C# (.NET Core or Mono) - no plans as far as I know
>>>> Python - volunteer provided version is getting old, not sure if it 
>>>> will get ported
>>>> Ruby - no idea of status
> 
> There is a vsi-i64vms-ruby-v0202-2i-1 kit available. I don't know how
> current that is.
> 
>>> NodeJS?
>>
>> "no plans as far as I know"
>>
>> But it could be nice to have (JS) V8 running on (VMS) V9.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> Among those not mentioned, there is Lua (vsi-i64vms-lua-v0502-3-1 is
> available now) and Perl. I don't expect "porting" Perl to involve much
> more than tinkering with how the configuration script deals with
> architecture names.

Most of the languages mentioned have never been officially supported by
OS vendors.  It is unlikely that status will change.

bill