[Info-vax] Technical issues with VMS BASIC port to x86-64 ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/21/2024 8:29 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-02-20, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> But I am no longer convinced that Basic is so much late, because
>> it is so "much more complex".
>>
>> I suspect Basic is mostly so much late, because it was the last to
>> do and that there has been found a large number of bugs found in
>> the compilers released earlier that has taken most of the available
>> compiler resource hours. I simply suspect that Basic has been delayed
>> because John and the rest of the team has been busy fixing bugs in
>> the C, C++, Fortran and Pascal compilers.
>>
> 
> That could be the case, with BASIC being a lower priority than the other
> compilers.
> 
> Of course, it could also be them settling into their new offices. :-)
> Looks like a nice place.

I don't expect many from the compiler team to work out of their
downtown office.

Getting into Boston downtown is like getting into
London city.

And besides some of them are overseas.

Arne