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

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On 9 Jan 2024 22:56:47 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> 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.

Solaris never ran on 2 dozen different architectures though, did it?