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Subject: Re: VMS and C/Ada, was: Re: Could you write a BSD like os in ADA?
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:59:13 +0100
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Le 28/08/2016 à 03:06, Simon Clubley a écrit :
> On 2016-08-24, Bob Broderbund <bbroderbund@broderbund.com> wrote:
>> On 2016-08-24, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Do they support DEC Ada?
>>
>> OpenVMS VAX supports DEC Ada. But there is nothing newer than '83
>> available. It is not clear whether there will be Ada again on VMS but there
>> is a rumor Adacore may offer their product after VMS is ported to Intel.
>>
>
> The last time I raised the GNAT on VMS x86-64 issue in comp.os.vms,
> VSI said the issue was complicated and was still under discussion.
> I have not heard anything else since that.
>
>>> VMS was not only the best ever OS.
>>
>> Saying something false over and over again won't make it true.
>>
>>> It also had the best ever C
>>
>> I think even the authors of C on VMS wouldn't agree with that! You could ask
>> in comp.os.vms. I'm pretty sure you'll be surprised at the answer, based on
>> your comments and my reading of fairly current discussions over there. Some
>> of the original guys are present.
>>
>
> There are two C compilers for VMS; the original VAX C compiler and the
> later DEC C one. I would question the sanity of anyone who said VAX C
> was a decent compiler (especially by today's standards), let alone the
> "best" one. :-)
>
> DEC C is better than VAX C, but nothing to get excited about.
>
> Simon.
>
As posted here elsewhere, we have done a built of Gnat Ada for OpenVMS 
Itanium, and so we have a lot of things done for gcc. Perhaps, with a 
little help of friends and some more customers, we could offer a gcc for 
OpenVMS Itanium.
If anyone is interested, please have a look here and communicate: 
www.vmsadaall.org

Gérard Calliet

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