[Info-vax] Java on VMS, was: Re: So is there still a hobbyist program or not

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/21/2019 1:41 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2019-07-21 kl. 16:55, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>> On 7/21/2019 8:46 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2019-07-21, Simon Clubley 
>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>> However, even though it is the newer of the two, Java will actually
>>>> probably die off quicker than COBOL, especially given the stunts
>>>> that Oracle are pulling over its licencing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> A question about Java on the server (instead of client):
>>>
>>> For those of you using Java on the server, what are you moving to
>>> for new development if you are thinking of moving away from Java ?
>>
>> The likely options for the server side of a total new
>> business application are pretty well known:
>>
>> The current king: Java.
>>
>> The big contenders:
>> * .NET
>> * PHP
>>
>> The more exotic choices:
>> * keep JVM but switch language to Scala or Kotlin or Groovy
>> * .NET Core
>> * Python
>> * Ruby
>> * node.js (JavaScript)
>>
>> There are plenty of options.
> 
> And all those are availble on VMS? Not bad...

Not all. But most.

Java, PHP, Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, Python and Ruby are available
(but not necessarily in latest version).

I don't think node.js is available on VMS.

.NET and .NET Core are not available on VMS.

When VSI at some point have time and money to look at new big projects
then porting .NET Core to VMS would be a very interesting project.

Arne