[Info-vax] 64-bit (was Re: New CEO of VMS Software)

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <unkdkr$25et9$1 at dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 21:06 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), John Dallman wrote:
>
>> I was presuming that the 64-bit VMS APIs would have 64-bit specific
>> names ...
>
>Or use the same names, and just link against different versions of the 
>libraries, located in suitable architecture-specific directories, as 
>selected by the build script.

Linux did it with different versions in different directories with the
same name.  Solaris did it with different names.  In the end the Solaris
route was much less frustrating to debug.
--scott
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