[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

Stephen Hoffman seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid
Wed Jul 29 11:47:48 EDT 2020


On 2020-07-29 15:12:07 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:

> On 7/29/2020 8:21 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> I would say yes because the segmented definition is wider than that.
> 
> You may say that. But do not be surprised when people assume a common 
> definition and not your definition.

I'll leave it to you to ask a few folks whether what OpenVMS provides 
is segmented or not.

If you'd prefer, we can call it ARNE (Addressing Really Not 
Explainable) addressing.

But what OpenVMS presents is segmented addressing.

Go write a 64-bit app and tell me it's not segmented.

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