[Info-vax] OpenVMS 9.1 C Compiler

[Andrew Brehm]

On 23/09/2021 15:32, John Reagan wrote:
> 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.
> 

Ouch. I hope for good progress. I don't have a Itanium machine around unfortunately.