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From: Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com>
Subject: Re: Compilers for VAX Was: Ada version of C's 'static'
Date: 1999/08/04
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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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