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

[John Reagan]

On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 1:49:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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?
> -- 
> David Froble Tel: 724-529-0450 
> Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc. E-Mail: da... at tsoft-inc.com 
> DFE Ultralights, Inc. 
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I'm currently fighting with BASIC MAPs.  Fortran generates reasonable GEM CIL and symbol table for COMMON blocks, but BASIC uses a "clever" sequence of symbol tables that the GEM to LLVM converter was unprepared for.  I think I grok it.