[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-02-03, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-02-03 at 15:32 +0000, Dan Cross wrote:
>> > So I am not definitely not saying that getting
>> > Rust running on VMS will be easy.
>> 
>> I don't see why not, honestly.  Bringing over the standard
>> library may be a bit of work, but there's a Windows port and in
>> an ironic twist of fate, that may well serve as an example of
>> how to implement the VMS-specific bits.
>
> Makes sense as Dave Culter based some of the Windows Kernel on OpenVMS.
> The infamous BUGCHK is still there :-D

I actually prefer code that has BUGCHKs built into it instead of code
that assumes it's perfect and doesn't need any internal self checking...

And yes, I write my own code in a style that assumes I am NOT perfect. :-)

Simon.

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