[Info-vax] Most popular application programming languages on VMS ?

[Dave Froble]

On 1/13/2019 8:24 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-01-12, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if John can trust the LLVM stuff he's using?
>>
>
> I would say yes he can.
>
> The LLVM organisation is a large organisation with established procedures.
>
> That's way different from someone submitting some code to VSI and
> claiming it's under a suitable licence.
>
> I also have no doubt the VSI lawyers gave the LLVM licence and other
> other documents (such as contribution guidelines) a _full_ examination.
>
> Simon.
>

Ok, playing devil's advocate here, just warning ....

Is it impossible for some LLVM contributor to include something that 
might be copyrighted by another?  I doubt anything such is impossible.

So, from an extreme perspective, there could be something in LLVM, which 
could have adverse repercussions on any who use it.

People reviewing anything cannot detect anything they are not aware of. 
  Same with lawyers (con men).

Seems to me, there might be a tendency here to have different standards 
of trust, when truthfully, this is prejudice.  I can see no difference 
in unknown material being possible anywhere.

So, why would you say yes to one, and no to another?  Wishful thinking 
doesn't count.

If one is going to be paranoid, they should at least do a good job of it.

I seem to recall some years back, seeing code in Microsoft's TCP/IP that 
appeared to be directly from BSD Unix, if my memory is correct.


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