From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 1/2/2025 10:48 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:   
   > On 1/2/2025 10:32 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 1/2/2025 10:29 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:   
   >>> On 1/2/2025 8:52 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>>> But speaking of SDL.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Does anybody know what VSI's plan is for SDL on VMS x86-64?   
   >>>> Rewrite?   
   >>>   
   >>> It's written in C++ so we were waiting for a native C++ compiler.   
   >>>   
   >>> As it turns out, SDL uncovered some dark areas of the compiler that   
   >>> needed   
   >>> addressing.   
   >>>   
   >>> We have a working SDL on X86 now.   
   >>   
   >> I thought it was PL/I. Which is why I asked.   
   >   
   > Rewritten in the early 2000's.   
      
   Ah. So it was rewritten for Itanium instead of being AEST'ed.   
      
   I wonder whether it was because someone at HP decided   
   to do the right thing or because AEST couldn't handle   
   it.   
      
   Arne   
      
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