[Info-vax] Roadmap

[Bob Koehler]

In article <8e34e423-4b9d-4a1d-8b4e-0115c9d34319 at googlegroups.com>, gezelter at rlgsc.com writes:
> 
> However, in some cases, a program compiled with IEEE floating point may nee=
> d to access a binary file or a memory-resident data structure with a VAX fl=
> oating point representation. It is for this reason that I proposed adding t=
> he OpenVMS-specific optional qualifier.
> 

   Or write in Fortran, where the I/O subsystem will convert on the fly,
   even to/from formats only supported by hardware VMS never ran on.