[Info-vax] VMS Software Releases Roadmap Updates

[Dave Froble]

On 9/27/2021 1:04 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/27/2021 12:23 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 9/27/2021 11:35 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 9/27/2021 11:26 AM, Ian Miller wrote:
>>>> An updated roadmap has been announced
>>>> https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2021-09-27-roadmap-update/
>>>>
>>>> Some details on when the native compilers are going to arrive.
>>>
>>> Always good with an update.
>>>
>>> It seems like native compilers are coming out rather slow:
>>>
>>> April 2022 - Bliss, Macro, standard C++
>>> May-November 2022 - Cobol, C, VMS C++
>>> November-December 2022 - Fortran, Basic, Pascal
>>>
>>> And Java runtime (well compiler and runtime, but compiler does
>>> not matter) also first available November-December 2022.
>>
>> Looks as if x86 will be useless, for me, for more than a year ..
>
> 9.2 are expected out in April and are considered production ready.
> So only a half year.
>
> *IF* you are willing to cross compile your Basic code on Itanium.

At this time, NOT A CHANCE !!

But, never say "never".

> But I fear that at least some people will question the "production
> ready" status when native compilers are not available. That is
> not a real issue (it is common for some types of system to
> use cross compile), but it could very well be a perceived like
> that.

At least for VSI and VMS, the cross compilers are a temporary tool to 
allow them to work on x86 VMS.  as such, I'd doubt that they are as 
rigorously tested and maintained as "production level" software.  But, 
what do I know?

Doesn't matter, as far as I know, not my area, all customers are already 
on VSI support.  And will continue to be so.

VSI support - VSI support for customers

or

VSI support - customers supporting VSI

:-)

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