[Info-vax] New VSI post on Youtube

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Sep 5 13:30:57 EDT 2024


On 2024-08-15, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 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?
>
>:-)
>

Why do I think of John having to support /STANDARD=VAXC in 2024 ? :-)

Simon.

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