[Info-vax] First non-VSI x86 application port?

[Dave Froble]

On 11/9/2021 10:07 AM, John Reagan wrote:
> On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 4:17:12 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 11/8/2021 1:03 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 11/8/2021 12:20 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>> On 11/8/21 10:19 AM, David Jones wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 10:57:51 AM UTC-5, Ian Miller wrote:
>>>>>> Perl was announced earlier :-)
>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/yBNni5v_oLk
>>>>>
>>>>> SQLite was ported in September. Just like the Alpha --> IA64 transition,
>>>>> the 'port' is mostly re-compiling on the new platform and involves no
>>>>> where near the effort required for VAX --> Alpha. The X86 cross build
>>>>> environment is biggest wrinkle I've had to deal with.
>>>>
>>>> And WASD was ported back in May:
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/2t1vcNS_eYo/m/ZoT-LvtSAAAJ
>>>
>>> Maybe VSI should create a page listing "well known" software already
>>> available for VMS x86-64.
>>>
>>> That could create a positive impression of the state of the port.
>>>
>>> Arne
>>>
>> Until there are native compilers, I would not go that far. Perhaps ported and tested,
>> but "available"? Beyond my comfort level.
>>
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>
> You didn't hear this from me :) but we already have clang running on x86 and we're just days away from attempting to link a native BLISS compiler using LLVM 10.0.1 as our first landing spot.
>

Too late!  I heard that.

Congratulations and thanks for what you've done so far.  Keep up the excellent
work.

When will I not hear that anyone is thinking about Basic?

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