On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Michael Richter <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, what C compilers were available on the VAX/780 running VMS? Were any > of them free/open software?
Besides VAX C and DEC C and DECUS C which were already mentioned, back in the day (c. 1983), we ran Whitesmith's C, but it was definitely K&R, not ANSI C, and it was definitely commercial, not open source. Later (c. 1989?) we migrated over to VAX C (licensed on our 11/750), but in the early days, DEC didn't provide a C compiler, so Whitesmith's was possibly our only option that far back. For our PDP-11 products, we used DECUS C. I don't think there was anything remarkable about Whitesmith's C except that it was available to buy when others were not, so unless you have a need to cut executables for VMS 3.x or something equally obscure, I'd recommend exploring the more modern options. VAX C ran on VMS 4.x and 5.x, IIRC. -ethan _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
