[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/23/2018 9:06 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

Most of the above are available from some OS vendors.

Programming tools support has to karge extent moved from vendors
to the internet.

Arne