[Info-vax] Native compilers

[David Jones]

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 10:20:00 AM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
> My practice, for many years, is to include build procedures with every 
> application, perhaps for a single program, or for many programs. A command file 
> contains the procedure for compiling and linking the program. Thus, one doesn't 
> need to remember, and the thing is self documenting. 

Since the macro components of my applications are usually small, I tend to embed
them in in their own command procedure ($ MACRO SYS$INPUT...) that generates
the object file or shareable image. Especially true if the macro is for a protected
shareable image that needs re-built when OS version changes.