From: Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com>
Subject: Re: Compilers for VAX Was: Ada version of C's 'static'
Date: 1999/08/04
Date: 1999-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37A85405.D4754286@pwfl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Aug4.072111.1@eisner
Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> > Oddly, we'd really like such a thing, so we could move our
> > source base away from Ada83, while still supporting
> > our VAX/VMS customers...
>
> In a similar position, I am less attracted to that path because a
> straightforward GNAT port would only work on the more recent versions
> of VMS where DECthreads are more mature. There are a lot of VAX sites
> at V5.5-2, in situations where stability is more important than new
> features. Be sure to characterize your customer base according to the
> version of VMS they run on VAX.
So it would seem that if you could find a handful of interested parties who would have use
for a VAX/VMS version, it would be possible to share the cost and it might actually get done.
Putting together such a consortium might be a useful way of getting GNAT (or any other
product for that matter) ported to more obscure platforms.
Of course, I'm not sure how that would play with anti-trust laws.... :-)
MDC
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-19 0:00 Ada version of C's 'static' Craig Allen
1999-07-19 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-07-23 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Craig Allen
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Compilers for VAX Was: " Erdelyi Gaspar
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Chris Miller
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Rod Chapman
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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