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   =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Robert A. Brooks   
   Re: VMS Bootcamp   
   04 Nov 25 22:15:36   
   
   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 11/4/2025 10:10 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:   
   > On 11/4/2025 7:51 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 11/4/2025 7:36 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>> https://events.vmssoftware.com/post-portsmouth-bootcamp-2025   
   >>>   
   >>> has links to presentations and recordings!   
   >>   
   >> Interesting description of TCPIP 7.0.   
   >>   
   >> Based on FreeBSD 14.2, will use DUNIX threads, x86-64 only (requires   
   >> clang), they will implement bmake.   
   >   
   > Yeah, it would be tough, but some of us are still holding out hope, but   
   > the chances are admittedly quite slim that TCP/IP V7.0 might make   
   > Alpha or IA64.   
      
   Back porting the code to C99 does not make any sense as   
   future updates will be a nigtmare.   
      
   That leaves:   
   * bringing clang to Alpha and Itanium   
   * updating VMS C to newer C (whatever is needed C11 or C23)   
      
   :-(   
      
   Arne   
      
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