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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/4/19 5:05 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

What's 30+ years old?  DECWindows?  Certainly not Java or jGrasp.
And, who cares how old it is if it works?  As has been stated here
numerous times in the past, it's all about the applications.

bill