[Simh] hp alternatives

[Dan Gahlinger]

is there a way to port vax basic?
please dont say visual basic, it's awful.

heck even vax Pascal is vastly different from free Pascal.

dcl? nothing remotely like it really, bash?

how about indexed files?
rdbms is a poor man's alternative.

vax vms is truly unique.
and will always be my favorite.

Dan

Try: https://www.grammarly.com

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From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Kevin Handy <khandy21yo at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:44:53 PM
To: Simh <simh at trailing-edge.com>
Subject: [Simh] hp alternatives

Since GP is exiting the VMS arena, and dropping the hobbyist licenses, I was wondering about alternatives for running old VMS code.

There are plenty of C, FORTRAN, etc compilers on Linux/etc, but if there were comparable VMS libraries (open source) for things like RMS, SMG, LBR, etc, then many programs culd be run on other platforms.

I know there are commercial products like these, BUT The licensing doesn't help hobbyist who want to share code.

Are there any of these available? I've done a few functions to convert VMS calls to Linux calls before, but only for a few functions.

I just thought it would be another way to simulate some of VMS st another level than simh/vax/vms.
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