[Info-vax] Native compilers

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-02-19, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
> In article <226d2c3c-996d-45f5-8c01-9fa650ae016dn at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
>>With all the various threads talking about compilers and such, here's a "demo" (compilers are hard to demo) of a the native Macro compiler.
>>
>>$ type hw.mar
>>..TITLE  hello
>>..PSECT RDATA,NOWRT,SHR,NOPIC,NOEXE,RD,QUAD
>>HI:     .ASCID /Hello, World!/
>>..PSECT CODE,NOWRT,SHR,PIC,EXE,RD,QUAD
>>START:: .CALL_ENTRY PRESERVE=<>,MAX_ARGS=0,HOME_ARGS=TRUE
>>PUSHAQ  HI
>>CALLS   #1,G^LIB$PUT_OUTPUT
>>BLBC    R0,10$
>>MOVL    #SS$_NORMAL,R0
>>10$:    RET
>>..END    START
>>$
>>$ show system /noproc
>>OpenVMS XG5P-H4S  on node X86VMS   19-FEB-2022 13:09:56.72   Uptime  2 03:28:17
>>$ write sys$output f$getsyi("arch_name")
>>x86_64
>>$ macro hw
>>$ link hw
>>$ run hw
>>Hello, World!
>
> Macro is native!  That's all I need!
>

$ set response/mode=good_natured_troll

Well, there's always that someone who needs to work with obsolete
languages... :-)

Simon.

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