JL>  SS> Hmmm...I've noticed myself that the Watcom IDE is slow, but
JL>  SS> not nearly to the degree you describe (and I have a slower
JL>  SS> machine: 486/33, 16 megs, ISA bus Trident SVGA).  My biggest
JL> 
JL> I don't notice much slowness here either, same setup you described but wi
JL> an Actix GE32+ (S3 80x VLB)... I run with animation 

FWIW, I have a 486/33 with 8MB.  I just installed Watcom C++ and I think
the IDE runs at reasonable speed.  I compiled the sample KITCHEN project
and it was MUCH faster than any GNU GCC compile.  You can see some windows
being redrawn, but they take less than a second.  I'm happy with Watcom
so far...even with 8MB!
   
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