[Info-vax] VAX Macro to C conversion

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/8/2019 11:13 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/8/2019 8:58 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> I understand why huge amounts of VMS were written in Macro-32 back
>> in the 1970s and why it was probably the correct choice for that era.
>>
>> It doesn't mean it's the right choice however if you were to do VMS
>> from scratch in the 21st century, or even if you were to do any new
>> significant additions to the existing VMS codebase.
> 
> Macro-32 is an assembler on the VAX.  On Alpha, itanic, and x86 is is a 
> compiled language, and not anything you'd want to use on the non-VAX 
> systems.  Just ask John.  It exists strictly for existing code.
> 
> However, if your target was a VAX, (not available anymore), it might be 
> a viable choice, or not.

I am not sure that I will call writing new code on VAX for
viable no matter the language.

Arne