[Info-vax] VSI C/C++ compiler for OpenVMS expired yesterday!

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Mon, 2023-09-04 at 12:57 -0700, John Reagan wrote:
> On Monday, September 4, 2023 at 8:18:49 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley
> wrote:
> > On 2023-09-02, John Reagan <xyzz... at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > > Again, my apologies for the ancient timebomb (long story) 
> > > 
> > It happens :-) however much it would be nice it didn't... :-) 
> > 
> > Has anyone checked to make sure there are no timebombs waiting 
> > to go off in the other products ? 
> 

> C++ was the first native compiler prior to all of the LMF code (and
> PAKs) being in place. 
> All of the other compilers and LPs rely on the termination date
> feature of a PAK.

That makes complete sense, can't bootstrap without a working toolchain.
What did you use as the host to build the toolchains and all the x86_64
bits for VMS jut out of interest? Is OpenVMS for x86 now self hosting
and can it build itself? 
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