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echo: os2prog
to: Tom Almy
from: Stephane Bessette
date: 1996-09-19 05:56:10
subject: PM programming on the cheap?

-=> Quoting Tom Almy to All <=-

 TA> What's the cheapest way to get the necessary tools to do PM
 TA> programming? I have a few Windows programs I want to port, but since
 TA> it's not a commercial undertaking I can't justify the several hundred
 TA> dollars for Visual Age C++. 

        The only affordable package I know of that supports multiple
platforms is Watcom C/C++.  It costs around 200$ (100$ for students).
It supports Dos 16 and 32 bit, Windows 3.1, Win32 (don't know the version
level), Win95, WinNT, OS/2 16 and 32 bit.

 TA> I've been using GCC/EMX, but it's not up to this task.

        What problems do you have with it?  By the way, v09c has been
released and some report that compile times for C++ programs is very
much improved (probably due to an improved implementation of malloc).

        Stephane [TEAM OS/2]
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