-17 Dec 96  16:00:31-
=Daniel Lynes babbled to Rob Basler about Re: Compiler suggestions please=

 DL> Sorry...the only products I have experience with are Watcom, EMX, and
 DL> gcc/2. EMX and gcc/2 also both have text mode debuggers (gdb). 
 DL> However, I do not know if either has a PM debugger (Watcom has both.)

EMX has a PM debugger (pmgdb).  I didn't know gcc/2 was still being
produced, except as the compiler for EMX.  

 DL> EMX, gcc/2 and Watcom all have good optimization, with Watcom being
 DL> the better of the three.  However, Watcom's compiler isn't quite as
 DL> portable, so it has a slight advantage...its code isn't written to be
 DL> portable, so it has the advantage of having faster native code, rather
 DL> than having to deal with portability issues.

Portability is not an issue with optimization.  The object code isn't
portable with or without optimization.  EMX includes quite a bit of
PC-specific bells and whistles.

Mike Phillips
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