[Info-vax] VMS Software: New US Mailing Address

[Dave Froble]

On 10/13/2022 1:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-10-13, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 13:00 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> What, no Ada?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ada doesn't exist for x86-64 VMS and looks like it will never exist.
>>
>> GNU can step up with their GNAT compiler. In theory it should be
>> possible to port it to VMS.
>
> AdaCore used to supply the compiler for Alpha and Itanium VMS as part
> of an agreement between AdaCore and DEC.
>
> That VMS support was dropped several years ago by AdaCore.
>
> Given the nature of the Ada market, any such port would probably need
> to be done, and fully supported, by a commercial company.
>
> Simon.
>

Beggers can be choosy, huh?

It would be interesting to have some idea of the size of the ADA market.  Easier 
to tell if any such work would be worth doing.

What might be helpful is a form of lease of the compiler, not one time fee or 
free.  Might provide some incentive for people to implement it on x86 VMS.

That concept just might cause lots of other software to become available.

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