[Info-vax] Itanium support is back in GCC 15

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/7/2024 12:33 PM, gcalliet wrote:
> Le 04/11/2024 à 21:16, Arne Vajhøj a écrit :
>> I wish someone would volunteer to create VMS support
>> in GCC 16 or whatever!
>>
> Because I created (canadian method) Gnat Ada (on gcc) for VMS Itanium, 
> and because we were on gcc 4.7, there is some work ahead, but why not :)
> 
> The big issue is the step to gcc 5, where they upgraded to c++ mode. It 
> is one of the reasons why Adacore didn't continue support of gnat ada on 
> VMS in 2015.

VMS x86-64 has a better C++ compiler than VMS Itanium.

But I have no idea which is best for boot strapping:

g++/Linux -> GXX/VMS

clang/VMS -> GXX/VMS

I assume that if a recent GXX/VMS is working then getting
GFortran and Gnat working would become a lot easier.

But obviously a lot of work. And I do not expect it to happen. Just
a thought given that someone wanted to support GCC/Itanium.

Arne