[Info-vax] VSI roadmap

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/21/2023 9:57 PM, bill wrote:
> On 8/21/2023 3:45 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
>> On 21/08/2023 18:29, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2023-08-21, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 21/08/2023 13:23, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> unless of course there comes an opensource port?
...
>>> IOW, this is no longer DEC ANSI DIBOL we are talking about.
...
>>
>> Actually I was thinking of ADA
> 
> I would expect that most Ada users today cannot work with a non-
> validated compiler.  I also doubt a compiler without full support
> would be usable.  Neither of them come with opensource projects.

Lots of open source has a commercial backing that can provide
support for those willing to pay.

Redhat Linux - IBM, MySQL - Oracle, PostgreSQL - EDB etc..

If there is a commercial backing then certification is a
possibility as well.

Like AdaCore GNAT.

Open source can be but does not not have to be a team of unpaid
volunteers.

Arne