Re: VSI OpenVMS Webinar 6th June 2024 online

On 6/16/2024 9:02 AM, Chris Townley wrote:

I just wondered how difficult it would be to port Gnat to VMS. The Ada community seem to have lots of offerings - why not VMS X86?

Given that:
* Gnat is a big piece of software
* It is many versions back since it supported VMS
* Besides Gnat itself there may also be missing supporting
   software
then it is definitely non-trivial.
I suspect that the french that did the VMS Itanium port will
be better to quantify the work. 500 hours? 5000 hours? Or?
With the bad tradition in the VMS world the last 25 years
of being very interested in getting free stuff but not being
interested in contributing, then I don't see it happen.
Arne