VMS and C/Ada, was: Re: Could you write a BSD like os in ADA?

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

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.

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