[Info-vax] C99 stuff (Re: The Road to V9.0)

[Dave Froble]

On 6/10/2019 1:54 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-06-10, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A compiler port to OpenVMS doesn't need a DCL command line or a
>> "traditional" listing file.  Perl and Python for example.  Are they not
>> "friendly" enough?  Would somebody turn down a port of Rust if it didn't
>> have a command line or listing file?
>>
>
> There may be some dogma going on here along the lines of "that's the
> way it has always been done so that's how it should be done on x86-64 VMS".
>
> Such dogma doesn't address the question of whether the old way is still
> the best way.
>
> 1) Compiler listings:
>
> How many of you actually _use_ the listings and how do you use them ?

I'll go to the listings if there is some issue, and I cannot solve it. 
It's rare, but, when you need the listings, you might REALLY need the 
listings.



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