[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[bill]

On 4/9/2023 11:27 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 
> On 4/9/23 9:56 AM, bill wrote:
>> On 4/9/2023 10:39 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4/9/23 9:32 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> So, got the files downloaded.
>>>> Now, have anyone tried with VitualBox so far?
>>>
>>> Yes, and there have been reports that it's what at least some VSI
>>> developers use.  If you happen to be on macOS Ventura, you'll need a
>>> pre-release install of 7.0.7 because 7.0.6 (the current release) doesn't
>>> work with EFI-enabled booting.
>>
>> I haven't downloaded it yet but I hope to get to it this week.
>> I will probably try VirtualBox on Windows10.
>> Can anyone tell me what compilers come with it as that is what I
>> would be most interested in trying out.
> 
> Looks like there are field test versions of C (traditional front end
> with LLVM translator), C++ (based on clang++), and FORTRAN.  IIRC COBOL
> is supposed to be next with BASIC "hopefully this year."
> 

Well, that's a small bummer.  My biggest interest is in COBOL but I
guess I could play with the Fortran a bit.  But my interest in Fortran 
runs out around Fortran-77.  :-)

bill