[Info-vax] OpenVMS 9.1 C Compiler

[John Reagan]

On Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 6:04:17 AM UTC-4, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> I finally found time to install OpenVMS 9.1 
> 
> I got it to run on vSphere (configuring the serial port in vCenter was annoying) and managed to install OpenSSH. 
> 
> Then I noticed that while a pascal command exists, cc is missing. 
> 
> Is a C compiler not done yet? I couldn't find a package. 
> 
> Or am I overlooking something?
There are no native compilers for V9.1.  Not even a native Macro.

You need to use cross-compilers that host on Itanium.

The base OS has always included some compiler DCL verbs (goes all the way back to VAX) but the compiler installation would provide a newer version.

We are working on native compilers now but don't have a firm date.  For instance, we've been building native pieces of GEM using the cross-compilers.