[Info-vax] VMS Software needs to port VAX DIBOL to OpenVMS X86 platform

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-12-15 17:14:04 +0000, ultradwc at gmail.com said:

> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:02:54 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>> ...port the DIBOL apps to another platform with a supported DIBOL 
>> compiler. This when continued use of the current platform and current 
>> compiler becomes untenable. This other platform may well co-exist as a  
>> guest with OpenVMS x86-64 in a virtual machine, too. Either long-term,  
>> or for the duration of the platform migration.
>> ...
> 
> WHY WOULD YOU DO ALL OF THAT? SYNERGY DBL CAN JUST BE PORTED TO EITHER 
> WINDOZE OR LINUX. IT RUNS ON 3 OS ENVIRONMENTS.
> BUT THAT MEANS GOOD BYE OPENVMS PLATFORM.

Use whatever platforms best meet your current and expected needs.

Whether that's Microsoft Windows, Linux, OpenVMS, or otherwise.

DIBOL is not a common choice for new development in this era, which 
then makes a DIBOL prerequisite problematic.



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