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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/15/22 09:08, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/15/2022 9:02 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-07-14, Arne Vajhøj <arne 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 think that was to be expected.

Wonder where all of these VMS COBOL users are.
And do they need any COBOL expertise?  :-)

bill