[Info-vax] New VSI post on Youtube
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu Sep 5 13:30:57 EDT 2024
On 8/15/2024 4:41 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <v9iro6$fql6$1 at dont-email.me>, FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com
> (Robert A. Brooks) wrote:
>> I don't know specifically, but with my very limited experience with
>> C++, the X86_64 compiler is much less accepting of the syntax that
>> the Alpha and IA64 compilers accepted.
>
> C++ compilers have been getting pickier over the last couple of decades
> gradually. Programmers who have been using a succession of Microsoft or
> GCC versions over that time have made the changes incrementally, but
> doing them all at once would be a bit of a shock.
Why do I think of:
VAX C 3.x -> DEC C 4.x -> DEC C 5.x
back in the 90's?
:-)
Arne
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