[Info-vax] VMS Software Releases Roadmap Updates

[John Reagan]

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 2:30:01 PM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/28/2021 10:09 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote: 
> > On 9/27/21 12:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >> On 2021-09-27, Arne Vajhøj <ar... at vajhoej.dk> wrote: 
> >>> On 9/27/2021 12:23 PM, Dave Froble wrote: 
> > 
> >>> *IF* you are willing to cross compile your Basic code on Itanium. 
> >>> 
> >>> 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. 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Not everyone will have an Itanium system. Some people are still 
> >> on Alpha. 
> > 
> > And for most who do have Itanium systems, the whole point of OpenVMS 
> > x86-64 is to get rid of the aging Itanium hardware with failing parts 
> > and insecure management consoles, and other things that get routinely 
> > flagged by security audits and/or just cause additional hassle because 
> > they have special needs that don't apply to anything else in the data 
> > center. Even investigating a port without a native BASIC compiler is 
> > just a non-starter at my day job.
> One wonders how possible and difficult it would be to get the cross 
> compilers running on itanic to work on an Alpha? Both are VMS. Many 
> things just move between the two with just a re-build. 
> 
> For those still on Alpha, and, happier with Alpha than what some itanic 
> users might be.
> -- 
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 The Alpha C++ compiler cannot compile any LLVM sources.