[Info-vax] CRTL and RMS vs SSIO

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-10-15, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2021-10-15 17:52:25 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>
>> On 2021-10-14, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Scrap that current design, then.
>> 
>> If you had been reading comp.os.vms for the last few years Lawrence, 
>> you would know that I have made multiple suggestions in exactly this 
>> area. I suspect I've annoyed multiple VSI employees with my rather firm 
>> negative opinions on this part of VMS.
>
> I'm somehow reminded of jwz's CADT here, too.
>
> https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html
>
> DCL absolutely needs work.
>

Yes.

> So too does OpenVMS.
>

Yes.

> Linux shimulation is not going to speed the delivery of the OpenVMS 
> x86-64 semi-production and production versions, nor the availability of 
> native compilers.
>

Absolutely agree. Also, what Lawrence is suggesting is already being
offered elsewhere by long-established players. The fact that VSI
proceeded with a port to x86-64 VMS in the face of those alternatives
existing tells you that there was still a market for "real" VMS
when the port started.

Simon.

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