[Info-vax] OO version of Macro-32, was: Re: CRTL and RMS vs SSIO

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-10-14 18:49:52 +0000, Simon Clubley said:

> On 2021-10-13, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> Not that I'd expect to ever meet Macroo32.
>> 
> 
> :-)
> 
> What would an object orientated version of Macro-32 even look like ? :-)

Um, an abomination?

Of the more recent OO options that can work for embedded and can work 
directly with hardware registers, prolly Rust with one or more crates 
for the platform hardware involved.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/embedded-book/

For the next decade or so and what would be typical for refactoring or 
rewriting existing OpenVMS Macro32, it'll probably get rewritten into C.

Possibly C with either classic OpenVMS built-ins or with asm mixed in.

Somewhat longer term, I'd consider a mix of Zig and C.

Neither of which are OO, of course.

If I'm working with application code and not working directly with 
hardware registers, there are many fine choices, OO and otherwise.



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