[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu Jul 30 13:08:13 EDT 2020


On 7/30/2020 12:56 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2020-07-30 14:49:14 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:
> 
>> I still don't think you are clear about what you mean by "32 bit app".
>>
>> Is your "32 bit app" an app:
>> - with only 32 bit data pointers
>> - at least one 32 bit data pointer
>> - data in P0 space
>> - code in P0 space
>> - combination of above
>> - something else
>> ?
> 
> When you understand the concept of software memory segmentation in the 
> APIs, you'll probably better understand the references.
> 
> Try to create a 64-bit everything-in-P2-space app. Not a post-V7.0 P0 
> app with P2 data, but everything related to the app in P2 space. It's... 
> illuminating.

So are you defining:

64 bit app = app with all of code and data in P2
32 bit app = app with some code or data in P0

?

Arne





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