[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/23/2018 8:26 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.

OK

>>>> 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.

Interesting.

But not surprising.

When Java is working then the other JVM languages will work
with no or minimal effort.

>>>> 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?

5.6 is a lot better than HPE's 5.2, which was the one I was thinking 
about (5.6 got 11 months left to EOL while 5.2 went EOL 7 years ago).

But the move to 7.x is underway.

Arne