Re: Is Ada on VAX/VMS Ada 95

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> In article <1151412502.125088.213180@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, "Chris
> L" <clusardi2k@aol.com> writes:
>> 
>> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>>> If you want an Ada 95 implementation on the VMS operating system,
>>> use GNAT Ada 95 for Alpha VMS.  It has many of the VMS-specific
>>> capabilities of the original VAX Ada.
>> 
>> I will not be on the VAX for a few months. Is the GNAT Ada 95 compiler
>> already on the VAX or do I have to buy and install it?
> 
> The GNAT Ada 95 is not available for VAX at all.
> It is available for Alpha VMS, which runs on the Alpha hardware.

And IA64 OpenVMS - just saw it today on GNAT Tracker.

> That said, some shops imprecisely refer to any machine running the
> VMS operating system as being a "VAX".  I figure they are not the
> type of shops to choose strongly typed languages :-)

I would think that all VAXes are now in a cosy little retirement home and
the OP was just new to the wonderfull world of OpenVMS.

Martin
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