[Info-vax] VSI roadmap

[Chris Townley]

On 21/08/2023 13:23, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-08-18, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> THEN YOU MAKE SURE SYNERGY PORTS THEIR DIBOL LANGUAGE ALONG WITH SQL CONNECT WHICH CONNECTS TO ORACLE
>>
>> https://www.synergex.com/products-connectivity-open-source/
> 
> Two things Bob:
> 
> 1) Porting Dibol to x86-64 VMS does nothing to solve the problems
> discussed here.
> 
> 2) If Synergex have decided not to port to x86-64 VMS (based on your
> comments) then it might mean they no longer have enough VMS users to
> justify the port.
> 
> In that case, you are looking at moving your Dibol code over to another
> platform such as Linux. This is a problem that (for example) Ada users
> have had to deal with as there will not be an Ada compiler for x86-64 VMS.
> 
> Simon.

unless of course there comes an opensource port?

-- 
Chris