[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/3/2023 12:14 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 2/3/23 8:36 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> So I am not definitely not saying that getting
>> Rust running on VMS will be easy.
> 
> The fact that Erlang exists on VMS but (IIRC) without its concurrency
> capabilities might be an indication of the challenges.

Modern software is complex and require a lot of work
even for stuff that is "almost" there.

Just look at the VMS Basic on VMS x86-64. They got LLVM.
They got the frontend. They got the G2L piece. They got
a compiler wizard (John R). And we hope (!) that it will
be ready this year.

Despite all the classic mythical man month and 9 month
babies caveats then getting software done requires lots of
man power.

Around 2000-2001 then J2EE (later Java EE later Jakarta EE) was
hot and specs and servers came out fast. But it did not
happen my magic. I was told IBM had a R&D center with
8000 people cranking out their J2EE stuff.

I am sure Erlang and Rust *can* be ported to VMS with
full functionality. But it *will* only happen if the
effort is put in.

Arne