Re[2]: Earliest version of DECC to support OPENDIR (), READ

[Arne Vajhoej]

>>I have never seen the backport library. I assumed that it was a seperate
>>kit you can:
>> -install and use for development of applications
>> -install for use with an already build application
>> -redistribute it with your developed application (free, that is
>>covered by the
>> receivers VMS license)
>>Just like the 6.x C RTL. That is the only think that makes sense to
>>me, assuming the purpose is to get people to port applications to VMS.
>>
>>Am I missing something here ?

>The backport kit ships as part of Dec C 5.6/5.7. You just need to set two
>logicals (DECC$CRTLMAP and LNK$LIBRARY) and it works.

>Fairly nifty, but it does make your executables a bit bigger and at least
>with the version shipped with 5.6 it had problems with passing things
>between shared images. (filepointers and stuff like that) Dunno if that's
>been resolved with the 5.7 kit. Of course, if you're not building a
>program made up of multiple shared images it's not a problem.

Is it a shareable image or an object library ?

(the LNK$LIBRARY indicates the latter, but it would be a new
style in VMS)

What does the DECC$CRTLMAP do ?

Arne