[Info-vax] Free Pascal for VMS ?

[dgordonatvsi at gmail.com]

On Monday, May 21, 2018 at 9:10:23 AM UTC-4, seasoned_geek wrote:

> They aren't foolish ideas, they are what has been spouted in here. Keeping the *nix TCP libraries for ___any___ length of time and porting more stuff from *nix like CUPS ensures you will be creating a *nix which sucks.

Critical thought requires you to assess the validity of the source. Many of the folks here spouting are not VSI employees.  And not that the VSI engineers might not be wrong -- we're not the final decision makers on all fronts, but we're more likely to know where the ship is heading.


> > OpenVMS on X86 will be the same OS.  You'll be able to cluster (with VSI versions of the OS) across 3 architectures. 
> 
> I remember hearing similar things about Ultrix.

I suspect I'm in a better position to asses the truth of my statement since cluster compatibility is one of the many areas of the base OS for which I am currently the responsible engineer.

> 
> >The goal is compile, link and go -- same as it was for IA64.  We're putting some effort into undoing a decade of deferred development and there will be (as Hoff has pointed out) much more to do after the first X86 release.
> 
> Except for the ADA systems. They get to just leave, tossing everything with an HP label from every unit of their business.
> 
> Except for insert-language-here systems. The get to just leave, tossing everything with an HP label from every unit of their business.
> 
> I've never seen a *nix compiler for VAX BASIC so Dave really should be nervous.

Ada has some issues.  There are people working on that.

Most other compilers will be the standard VMS front ends tied to an LLVM code generator. So I don't think Mr Froble should be nervous at all.