[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-07-29 16:02:17 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:

> 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.

For hardware segmentation. Sure. Which is not what is being discussed here.

Again, go write a 64-bit app on OpenVMS.

Then describe how that's different from segmented addressing.



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