[Info-vax] all the free VMS stuff and VMS x84-64

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/14/2022 6:50 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/14/2022 6:41 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Questions about where to find some free VMS stuff for VMS x86-64
>> has come up a few times recently.
>>
>> And I expect that it will come up a lot more the next 2-3 years
>> when people start migartion projects from VMS Alpha or VMS I64 to
>> VMS x86-64.
>>
>> So I spend 3 minutes creating this little helper page:
>>
>> https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/vms/x64.html
>>
>> If someone know about stuff missing just drop me an email and I will
>> add it.
> 
> Not sure what you're looking for?
> 
> The 8 Freeware CDs have been available for a long time, and I'd expect 
> the apps to all compile, once native compilers are available.
> 
> More info please ...

I am looking for stuff that has been build and tested for/on
VMS x86-64. The difference between "likely works" and "works".

The vast majority of VMS free stuff will probably build for
(later on) VMS x86-64 with minor code and build script changes.

But for some even those small changes could be a hassle.
System managers not really into programming. Programmers
that don't do the language used.

I suspect that there will even be some interest for
object code that can just be linked on VMS x86-64, so
people don't even need an Itanium and VMS cross compilers.

And then there are the cases where there are a problem
(either the code does something very platform specific
or there is a bug on the VMS compilers for VMS x86-64).

It is an offer. If there is no interest then I will just
delete the page. And I can live with having wasted
some minutes of my life.  :-)

And