-=> Quoting Phil Crown to All <=-

 PC> How is Watcom for making PM apps?  I thought I read that it is "not
 PC> the best compiler" when it comes to making PM apps, but I don't
 PC> remember what it is lacking?

 PC> Does Watcom have a PM C++ Class Library included?

 JL> Yes.

No.  Watcom does NOT have a PM C++ class library included.  It has the
standard ANSI C++ classes (iostreams, string, etc.), but it does not
include a C++ class for GUI development, unlike Borland (OWL) or IBM Visual
Age C++ (Open Class?).  It comes with a Windows class library (MFC), but no
PM class library.

 JL> the mannor in which the help files are organised.  Books would be much
 JL> better, but Watcom does not include them in the release;  They cost
 JL> extra.

I find the online books to (generally) be more useful.  Do a search for
what I want, and I get it.  :-)

 JL> CD in the drive, you will get a lot of path error messages while using
 JL> other aspects of OS/2.  (quite annoying, that's why I installed to the
 JL> hard disk)

I can't afford to have Watcom in my CD all the time - I need to go to the
DevCon disks from time to time, or various other CD's.  I have one HD
practically dedicated to Watcom.  :-)



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