[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/29/2020 11:47 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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.

Well - I gave a direct quote to a common definition.

And guess what - OpenVMS is not segmented memory per that definition.

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

I guess any hello world program and dumping machine instructions
would reveal that the program gives the CPU a single addresses not
a segment id and an offset.

Arne