Hi Rob,

You wrote to David Noon:

RB>DN>WS>  WS> If not does Watcom 10.x or 11.x series compile
OS/2 executables?
RB>DN>WS>  MR> Yes, but the product is no longer being updated.
RB>DN>Mike is wrong here. The 11.0b "patch" was released
only a few months ago.
RB>DN>These patches appear about once a year.

RB>The word from Watcom tech support (who I had to beat on for an entire
RB>month to get them to fix a bug in their OS/2 linker) is that the product
RB>is in maintenance mode, there are no new features in development, there
RB>will probably be no more full package updates/patches like 11.0b.

So I wonder if everything there is focussed on their Win32 Codebuilder
product (it was called Optima++ at one stage in it's life)? Or are they,
like so many others, dropping out of compiler development totally?

RB>DN>In spite of rumours to the contrary, Watcom C/C++ is still supported, at
RB>DN>least at the 11.x level.

RB>As long as you don't mind telling them exactly what lines of code they
RB>have to add to their source to make things work ;-)

:-(.

RB>DN>Another nice part about the Watcom compiler is that it can produce 16-bit
RB>DN>code on the odd occasion that you need it.

RB>As well as NT/95 executables (with a linker fix), Win 3.1, Novell NLM's,
RB>DOS apps and more.

Talking of the linker fix, any chance you can send it in our (David's &
mine) direction? If you can, send it to either one of us and it'll get
passed on.
(Watcom compiler support is virtually non-existant over here now :-(.
Neither of the guys I spoke to last time knew as much as I did! And they
didn't send the info requested as they promised either... ).

RB>DN>Whether you choose IBM or Watcom you will be using quite a decent compile
RB>DN>I have both installed here and generally prefer Watcom, largely because o
RB>DN>IBM's memory hog IDE and Watcom's much greater flexibility.

RB>I like Watcom.  The IDE is pretty limp, but the compilers are generally
RB>pretty good, and the cross platform support is unparalleled.

Seconded.

George

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