[Info-vax] VSI Basic

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-03-01, Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 10:09:23 AM UTC-6, Bob Gezelter wrote:
>> From a recent email: 
>> 
>> "VMS Software Inc. is pleased to announce availability of a test release of a Fortran compiler for OpenVMS x86. The code is based on VSI Fortran on OpenVMS I64 for source compatibility." 
>> 
>> The message contained a link to the Release Notes, but the URL does not paste well. 
>> 
>> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
>
> Good news indeed!  But our last Fortran customer departed some years ago.
>
> Basic is what we're waiting for.
>

Given that it's already March 2023, my guess is that Basic will come out
in time for the 10th anniversary of the VMS porting effort. :-)

On a more serious note, I wonder how much income VSI get from Basic ?

If John finds a core problem that can't be easily fixed, is there a
point at which VSI could say that the expenditure on VMS Basic is
going to be greater than the income from it and hence drop it ?

Of the mainstream languages available for x86-64 VMS, Basic would appear
to be the one with the smallest market share, and don't forget that VSI
have already decided not to proceed with Ada for x86-64 VMS.

Simon.

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