[Info-vax] The future of Ada on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/21/2018 6:13 PM, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> When you refer to "Ada on VMS", what (exactly) do you mean?
> 
> There are at least two possibilities (actually more, when the
> various Ada specifications are considered, and other stuff too):
> 
> 1) Ada compilation system (it's not just a compiler) running on VMS?
> 2) Ada runtime environment running on VMS?
> 
> Quite a few folks/organisations that use Ada don't necessarily
> have the same host environment as runtime environment. ACT are
> reasonably familiar with this arrangement; it's the traditional
> host/target environment which embedded systems folks have used
> for years, with varying degrees of success.

Good point.

My take would be that:
* Both #1 and #2 would be best
* #2 with a Windows/Linux #1 able to generate code for VMS would do

VMS is not likely to be a preferred development platform.

Arne