Re: New VSI blog post

On 31/07/2024 21:50, John Reagan wrote:

On 7/30/2024 6:21 PM, Richard Jordan wrote:

On 7/29/24 6:44 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

For those that have not seen it:
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https://vmssoftware.com/resources/blog/2024-07-26-rtl8/
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(Darya is listed as author, John Reagan is quoted in it)
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Content is a rather unusual mix of:
* some business/admin stuff
     - 8.4-2L1 going out of standard support in December
       so time to update to 8.4-2L3
     - a warning about known issues in C RTL 8 and a suggestion
       to wait for C RTL 9
* some programming notes about problems related to:
     - use of uninitialized variables
     - mismatch between 32 and 64 bit
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Arne
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Just to request clarification... are the C RTL issues across all platforms or just x86 specific?  The blog post mentioned the legacy GEM compiler "would" (past tense) pad the space and the LLVM does not.
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We're not getting LLVM behavior on the older systems, are we?  Alpha and Integrity behavior will remain the same?
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I ask because we no longer have access to a C compiler; connecting code was built to interface BASIC to FreeTDS, GSOAP and other packages long ago when we had the HP developer licenses which are long gone.  I only have access to BASIC (which is the primary language) and really don't want to try to rewrite the connector code if it turns out to have problems on an upgraded test system.
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And also don't want to find out we have issues with any packages that VSI may no longer be supporting (like GSOAP?)
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Thanks

Most of our CRTL changes have been for all targets.  For Alpha/Itanium, the delivery method is with ECO kits.  For x86, simplying upgrading the OS from V9.2 to V9.2-1 to V9.2-2 etc. will pick up the new features.
 The LLVM code generator is only for x86 targets.  There are no currently active LLVM targets for Alpha or Itanium.  There would be no benefit to a switch, only lots of risk.  We haven't upgraded the Alpha/Itanium compilers in a long time.  The only one with an active bug we need to fix is with the /SEPARATE qualifier with Fortran and BASIC on Itanium (it is also broken for a different reason on x86)
 The x86 BASIC compiler is finished and will be available on the portal in the next day or so (for those who have access)
 $ show sys/noproc
OpenVMS V9.2-2  on node X86VMS   31-JUL-2024 16:48:23.70   Uptime  7 03:53:46
$ basic/version
VSI BASIC x86-64 V1.9-001 (GEM 50Y7I) on OpenVMS x86_64 V9.2-2
 $ show sys/noproc
OpenVMS E9.2-3  on node X86VMS   31-JUL-2024 16:48:32.66   Uptime  14 03:18:17
$ basic/version
VSI BASIC x86-64 V1.9-001 (GEM 50Y7I) on OpenVMS x86_64 E9.2-3
 

Do we need 9.2-3, or is 9.2-2 enough?
I do know I need to recompile everything
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Chris