[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-07-31 14:11:11 +0000, hb said:

> On 7/31/20 2:42 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> It all has to fit in P0 space; the executable code.
> 
> Nowadays it is unusual to have all executable code in P0. Usually the 
> RTLs are installed resident or with shared address data. But if you try 
> hard, you can force all the code into P0. But it is easier to move all 
> code out of P0.

Not of having the code in P2 space to start with, without requiring the 
system manager (directly or indirectly) post-processing the linker 
output using the INSTALL tool to relocate parts into P2 space?

Wasn't I grumbling about the arcane 64-bit app development environment, 
and folks here are now happily (and unwittingly) providing 
confirmations of how chaotic this whole mess is?



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