[Info-vax] MariaDB/MySQL on x86

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/30/2023 8:48 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 8:57:50 AM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/29/2023 7:47 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
>>> Now many people do not use Python-3 or MariaDB-10, but I use
>>> both everyday. And although I'm a fan of OpenVMS (while my
>>> employer remains agnostic), a decision by VSI to not support C11
>>> would force a negative decision many like me.
>> C11 on VMS x86-64 should not be a problem with clang.
>> 
>> But it seems unlikely that VSI will invest in going to C11 on Alpha
>> and Itanium.
>>> comment: I am currently attending a Udemy course on "machine 
>>> learning". It appears that Python-3 is the only game in town for
>>> work in this area (TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and PyTorch are just
>>> three of many python add-on libraries).
>> Python is a very important language today.
> 
> I'm glad you added that clarification. I think Alpha is totally off
> the table but I think a case could be made for providing modern
> compiler support to OpenVMS on Itanium. This would enable people like
> Mark Berryman, Brett Cameron and others to more easily port open
> software products to the OpenVMS ecosystem. This is a must on x86-64
> since open source software appears to be ever more important today
> than it ever was.

VSI decision.

I doubt that it will happen.

> Back to python for a moment. I've got a lot of production stuff
> running under python-3.6 (which is no longer supported) so we are
> preparing to move to python-3.9 Not sure about OpenVMS systems but
> Linux systems allow you to support multiple python environments
> simultaneously via the shebang mechanism. Anyway, I've been playing a
> lot with python-3.9 lately an have noticed that many modern python
> libraries are installed via something called the whl mechanism.
> Watching this happen is like watching a professional magician: c or
> c++ source code is downloaded, then compiled + linked (provided you
> have installed development tools like gcc).

You got 3.10 on Itanium.

https://vmssoftware.com/products/python/

and it also list a wheels kit. I don't know if it
compiles or come pre-built.

Arne