[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/24/2018 6:58 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/24/2018 5:28 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Den 2018-01-24 kl. 20:39, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>>> On 1/24/2018 1:59 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> Thank you.  I suspected there was such in DEC BASIC.
>>>> Thus leading to my next question.
>>>>
>>>> Is it part of the ANSI Standard? How many versions of BASIC have
>>>> it?  It is always a bad idea to bet on non-standard features in
>>>> any language.
>>>
>>> Fair point.
>>
>> Is there an ANSI standard for Java?
> 
> Java is not done in ISO/ANSI, but by JCP.
> 
> Different but same.
> 
> JCP create an expert group that provide a recommendation
> for new version or a subset of a new version.
> 
> JCP EC vote on it the recommendation and if it get the 2/3
> majority then it is approved.
> 
> Specs get published.
> 
> The language spec is current 808 pages.
> 
> The VM spec is currently 618 pages.
> 
> The Java library spec has crazy many pages.
> 
> There is a compatibility kit with tests that vendors must pass for
> their product to be certified as Java.

And before somebody asks about who is the JCP EC, then
current members are:

9 big IT companies (ARM, Fujitsu, HPE, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Redhat, SAP, 
Software AG)
3 smaller Java companies (Azul, Jetbrains, Hazelcast)
3 other companies (Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Twitter)
1 open source organizations (Eclipse)
2 Java user groups (London, Brazil)
2 individuals (Andres Almiray, Ivar Grimstad)
5 that I have no idea who are (Gemalto, MicroDoc, NXP, Tomtribe, V2COM)

Arne