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   Simon Clubley to Craig A. Berry   
   Re: Is GNV a VSI or external project ?   
   02 Jan 25 13:15:47   
   
   From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2024-12-26, Craig A. Berry  wrote:   
   > On 12/23/24 7:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >> Just got an end of the year update from VSI, which was pretty routine   
   >> apart from one item.   
   >>   
   >> VSI are talking about releasing a new version of GNV but I thought this   
   >> had long since become an external project hosted at SourceForge.   
   >>   
   >> I checked the VSI website and they appear to have a single download of   
   >> the base kit, but only for Itanium, and which is located at:   
   >>   
   >> https://vmssoftware.com/products/gnv/   
   >>   
   >> So, is GNV a VSI or external project these days ?   
   >   
   > Both and neither.  GNV originated within Compaq/HP(E) (possibly as part   
   > of the COE project?) and the wrapper that more or less emulates the gcc   
   > command line with DEC/Compaq/HP(E) C is still a pretty close cousin of   
   > what those folks built. That is one example, but most other parts also   
   > started with the vendor. Other people (mostly Eric Roberston, John   
   > Malmberg, and Bill Pedersen) have taken individual pieces quite a bit   
   > farther than anything that was coming out of HP.  I'm hoping some of   
   > those folks will chime in and correct/extend my comments.   
   >   
      
   [snip]   
      
   Thanks for the detailed response Craig.   
      
   It will be interesting to see what changes VSI think are needed.   
      
   >   
   > VSI certainly needs a porting capability for code written elsewhere. I   
   > have heard rumors of CMake for some years now but don't know the status.   
      
   John Reagan is the best person to ask about that. It's been done as part   
   of moving to a modern LLVM.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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