[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/23/2018 12:27 PM, Tim Sneddon wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/23/2018 02:35 AM, Tim Sneddon wrote:
>>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
>>>
>>>> My take on the language situation from a high level perspective is
>>>> as follows.
>>>>
>>>> Languages needed for old stuff:
>>>>
>>>
>>> ...snip...
>>>
>>>> PL/I - Kednos is out of business, no port
>>>
>>> Kednos is out of business.? However, there is word that a port to
>>> VMS/x86 is on the cards as well as the return of the VAX and Alpha
>>> versions of the product.? There is likely to be some sort of indication
>>> in the coming months.
>>>
>>> Regards, Tim.
>>>
>>
>> Like so many things that have gone out of business I wold have liked
>> to see it just Open Sourced.  But I doubt that will happen.  Much more
>> likely it will fade into oblivion like all the PDP software.
>>
> 
> All I can say, Bill, is that you must know more than I. :-)
> 
> Regards, Tim.
> 

If you know more than I do I would be glad to hear it.  I have books
of PDP-11 software that would be of historical value that has long
disappeared and other than an invalid Mentec license that people seem
to think is worth something the OSes are gone, too, at least as far
as possible Hobbyist use goes.

bill