[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/24/2018 07:08 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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)
> 

Interesting.  I didn't know about that.  I thought Oracle was
the sole controller of all things Java.  After all, that's what
they bought Sun for.

bill