[Info-vax] General Availability of 9.2 for x86-64

[John Reagan]

On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 9:02:58 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-07-14, Arne Vajhøj <ar... at vajhoej.dk> wrote: 
> > On 7/14/2022 12:18 PM, John Dallman wrote: 
> >> Announced today: 
> >> <https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2022-07-14-openvms-v92-for-x86-announc 
> >> ed/> 
> >> 
> >> "VSI is also planning on making OpenVMS V9.2 available to hobbyists as 
> >> soon as more native compilers are available." 
> > 
> > https://vmssoftware.com/about/roadmap/ says: 
> > 
> > July 
> > OpenVMS V9.2 (Limited Production Release) 
> > ... 
> > Native compilers with LLVM backend code generator: 
> > BLISS, XMACRO, C++ (Phase 1) 
> > ... 
> > July-November 
> > ... 
> > Additional native compilers
> > C, COBOL, and C++ (Phase 2 ? VMS Extensions) 
> 
> Interesting that COBOL is a way higher priority than Fortran. 
> 
> I assume what that is saying is that many scientific workloads have long 
> moved away from VMS. 
> 
> > ... 
> > November/December 
> > OpenVMS V9.2-1 (Production Release ? x86-64)
> > ... 
> > OpenJDK for x86 
> > Native compilers with LLVM backend code generator: 
> > Fortran, BASIC, and Pascal 
> >
> One unknown is Pascal. There's obviously still a demand for it, but how 
> much of the VMS application base still uses Pascal ?
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
I have way more field test sites that use Pascal than use COBOL.  

The sequence of the compilers in the roadmap is somewhat random.  They may appear in a different sequence.
Write your favorite compiler on the back of a $100 bill and send it to me.