[Info-vax] What would be involved in moving RMS into kernel mode ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/10/2023 8:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> that the product in question is considered to be finished and has been
> through such a robust testing process that you are now willing to trust
> the future of your organisation and your organisation's data with it.
> 
> There's no way that x86-64 VMS, at this point in its lifecycle, can
> meet those criteria, although hopefully that will change rapidly in
> the not too distant future.

It seems rock solid.

And anybody moving to it will (hopefully) test their own
specific application.

Looks pretty good so far.

> For one thing, x86-64 VMS is still built using non-optimised compilers.
> 
> Any person with any experience elsewhere of the implications of that,
> should be asking how many bugs and other issues will emerge once VMS is
> built using optimised compilers ?

Given that:
- the native compilers will have been well tested on other
   applications when it happens
- the vast majority of VMS code has been build and run with
   optimization before
then I would expect a pretty low number.

Arne