[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/8/2023 1:50 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 4/8/2023 10:48 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/8/2023 10:34 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>> It feels odd to say this, but one of the reasons I've been looking 
>>> forwards
>>> to running the x86 version of VMS, is to have access to Python 3.  
>>> The Alpha
>>> version of VMS only has Python 2, and I'm trying to force myself to use
>>> Python more.  Is Python avaialble for x86, and if so where?
>>
>> https://vmssoftware.com/products/python/
>>
>> only has Itanium.
>>
>> But since it is VSI and VSI want to push VMS x86-64, then
>> it seems reasonable to expect Python for VMS x86-64 to show
>> up at some point in time. Only VSI knows when.
> 
> I know next-to-nothing about open source on VMS, but if Python requires
> C++ to build, then that would be an impediment to its being built for 
> X86_64.
> 
> The native C++ compiler on X86_64 is in field test.

The standard and the one VSI is using Python implementation
is supposedly written in pure C.

But:

https://github.com/vmssoftware/cpython

claims :

Python 61.4%
C 36.4%
C++ 0.7%

and:

https://github.com/vmssoftware/python_3_8_2

claims:


Python 56.9%
C 40.1%
C++ 0.7%

so maybe there is a tiny little bit of C++ somewhere.

Arne