Specifications

Introduction to the OpenVMS Programming Environment
1.1 Built-in and Optional OpenVMS Programming Tools
Table 1–1 lists the software development tools supported by the OpenVMS
operating system, shows whether they are built-in or optional, and provides
pointers to their descriptions in this manual.
Table 1–1 OpenVMS Software Development Tools
Task Name
Built-in or
Optional
Where
Described
Creating source files DEC Text Processing Utility Built-in Chapter 5
EVE editor Built-in
EDT editor Built-in
TECO editor Built-in
vi editor (POSIX) Optional
DEC Language-Sensitive
Editor/Source Code Analyzer
(LSE/SCA)
Optional
Managing code and
modules
DEC Code Management
System (CMS)
Optional Chapter 6
DEC Module Management
System (MMS)
Optional
Creating object files Compilers and interpreters
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Optional Chapter 7
†VAX MACRO assembler Built-in
‡MACRO-64 assembler Optional
Linking Linker utility Built-in Chapter 8
Librarian utility Built-in
Debugging and testing
programs
Symbolic debugger Built-in Chapter 9
Delta/XDelta Debugger Built-in
‡OpenVMS AXP System-Code
Debugger
Built-in
System Dump Analyzer (SDA) Built-in
DEC Performance and
Coverage Analyzer (PCA)
Optional
DEC Language-Sensitive
Editor/Source Code Analyzer
(LSE/SCA)
Optional
DEC Test Manager Optional
Using callable system
routines
Run-time libraries Built-in Chapter 10
System services Built-in
Utility routines Built-in
Record Management Services
(OpenVMS RMS)
Built-in
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Except the VAX MACRO-32 Compiler for OpenVMS AXP which is a built-in compiler
†VAX only
‡AXP only
Many tools can be used in more than one phase of the software development
process. For example, you can use text editors throughout the development
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