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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Article on new mainframe use Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 00:52:34 +0000 Organization: Rocksolid Light Message-ID: <2377cad7ee947ad71c9c3a8afbcdc26e@www.novabbs.org> References: <v9iqko$h7vd$1@dont-email.me> <vac17h$1ab6s$1@dont-email.me> <vad5h9$m9d$1@gal.iecc.com> <vamhds$3cplg$3@dont-email.me> <vaohtn$2o2h$1@gal.iecc.com> <vare5r$b7bo$12@dont-email.me> <5GkAO.84916$%Go3.29106@fx12.iad> <20240830183742.000065c5@yahoo.com> <tnmAO.1549$zaI6.316@fx01.iad> <vb060e$162j5$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="419042"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="65wTazMNTleAJDh/pRqmKE7ADni/0wesT78+pyiDW8A"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$Q5ZzPm75ytSN81LlmAjdjeOvunDa5y33b.W0JWMLQMUJTPMm3AsG2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: ac58ceb75ea22753186dae54d967fed894c3dce8 Bytes: 1840 Lines: 14 On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:38:06 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:24:35 -0400, EricP wrote: > >> VAX Fortran77 and other compilers and tools were developed concurrently >> with VAX hardware on the PDP-11 but emitting VAX instructions. > > DEC was quite fond of BLISS at the time. Its high-performance “Fortran > IV Plus” compiler for the PDP-11 was written in BLISS. Imagine trying to fit LLVM or GCC into a PDP/11 address space. > Trouble is, they were not able to get a decent BLISS compiler to fit > within the limitations of the PDP-11. So the Fortran IV Plus compiler > had to be built on a PDP-10.