>> We haven't really found a way to reuse these among different technologies. The Common Language Environment on VMS, or its lesser(but infinitely more availab

>> We haven't really found a way to reuse these among different technologies. The Common Language Environment on VMS, or its lesser(but infinitely more available hence virtuous by effect) imitation, dot net CLR . FFIs, if you bought a good environment. Sounds like if open source implementation of good foreign interfaces existed, the OP's problem wouldn't exist, let alone system level interoperability.