Re: Is GNV a VSI or external project ?

On 2024-12-26, Craig A. Berry <craigberry@nospam.mac.com> wrote:

On 12/23/24 7:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

Just got an end of the year update from VSI, which was pretty routine
apart from one item.
 
VSI are talking about releasing a new version of GNV but I thought this
had long since become an external project hosted at SourceForge.
 
I checked the VSI website and they appear to have a single download of
the base kit, but only for Itanium, and which is located at:
 
https://vmssoftware.com/products/gnv/
 
So, is GNV a VSI or external project these days ?

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Both and neither.  GNV originated within Compaq/HP(E) (possibly as part
of the COE project?) and the wrapper that more or less emulates the gcc
command line with DEC/Compaq/HP(E) C is still a pretty close cousin of
what those folks built. That is one example, but most other parts also
started with the vendor. Other people (mostly Eric Roberston, John
Malmberg, and Bill Pedersen) have taken individual pieces quite a bit
farther than anything that was coming out of HP.  I'm hoping some of
those folks will chime in and correct/extend my comments.
>

[snip]

Thanks for the detailed response Craig.

It will be interesting to see what changes VSI think are needed.

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VSI certainly needs a porting capability for code written elsewhere. I
have heard rumors of CMake for some years now but don't know the status.

John Reagan is the best person to ask about that. It's been done as part
of moving to a modern LLVM.

Simon.

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