[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2018-01-23 kl. 23:58, skrev already5chosen at yahoo.com:
> On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 6:06:34 PM UTC+2, Stephen Hoffman
> wrote:
>> 
>> Nobody's mentioned an IDE here yet, and that's basically a
>> requirement for most modern developers.   That means more than a
>> little work in LSEDIT or other VSI tools, and more than a little
>> integration support that the third-party IDE providers can build on.
>> Build-related tools, too.  Cmake has been ported, but is not yet
>> available.  Work on GNV and its tools.  Etc.  Existing ISVs accept
>> where OpenVMS and its tools are, but potential new ISVs are going to
>> be a little more particular about the available tools and frameworks.
>> 
> 
> I would imagine that new ISVs would not want native VMS development
> tools at all. They would be more comfortable with Windows-hosted or
> Linux-hosted cross-development.
> 

Yes, also thought about that when I saw Hoffs note. I do not see any
major news in the native tools, besides of in the build/compile/link
contexts. Editing sources belongs to the desktop.