From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 16:48:49 -0500   
   Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
      
   > On 11/7/2024 12:33 PM, gcalliet wrote:   
   > > Le 04/11/2024 à 21:16, Arne Vajhøj a écrit :     
   > >> I wish someone would volunteer to create VMS support   
   > >> in GCC 16 or whatever!   
   > >>     
   > > Because I created (canadian method) Gnat Ada (on gcc) for VMS   
   > > Itanium, and because we were on gcc 4.7, there is some work ahead,   
   > > but why not :)   
   > >    
   > > The big issue is the step to gcc 5, where they upgraded to c++   
   > > mode. It is one of the reasons why Adacore didn't continue support   
   > > of gnat ada on VMS in 2015.     
   >    
   > VMS x86-64 has a better C++ compiler than VMS Itanium.   
   >    
      
   According to the benchmarks that you posted here several months (a   
   year?) ago, VMS x86-64 compilers are quite awful comparatively to   
   x86-64 compilers available on Windows/Linux/BSD.   
   Do you want to say that VMS Itanium compilers are worse?   
      
   > But I have no idea which is best for boot strapping:   
   >    
   > g++/Linux -> GXX/VMS   
   >    
   > clang/VMS -> GXX/VMS   
   >    
   > I assume that if a recent GXX/VMS is working then getting   
   > GFortran and Gnat working would become a lot easier.   
   >    
   > But obviously a lot of work. And I do not expect it to happen. Just   
   > a thought given that someone wanted to support GCC/Itanium.   
   >    
   > Arne   
   >    
      
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