[Info-vax] Developing VMS applications on VMS or on Linux/Windows ?, was: Re: x86 Cross Tools Kit

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/4/2019 3:21 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 3/4/19 3:00 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 3/4/2019 2:13 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 3/4/19 1:47 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 3/4/2019 1:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>>                           There is an interesting and quite usable IDE
>>>>> written in Java that doesn't consume as much resources as something 
>>>>> like
>>>>> Eclipse.
>>>>
>>>> Which?
>>>>
>>> jGrasp from Auburn University.  We used it at the University where I
>>> worked and I use it extensively at home.  Supports multiple languages
>>> and is modifiable to add other languages.
>>
>> I just tried with OpenVMS Alpha 8.4, Java 1.5 and JGrasp 1.8.6_01.
>>
>> Unzip on ODS-5 disk, SET FILE/ATTR=RFM:STMLF on jar file and run with:
>>
>> java -jar jgrasp.jar
> 
> Isn't that reason enough to at least keep the current available
> DECWindows alive?

I guess so.

It looks like it is 30+ years old, but it does work.

Arne