JW>
  >  I have Watcom 10.a (plus DEVCON 9) and I know there are differences
  >  but will this compiler and it's version of SOM goodies work okay (not
  >  bother my Warp (no fix paks) OS/2 "stuff") or should I start with
  >  Watcom 10.6 and a higher version of SOM (what version now comes
  >  with 10.6 ?) and adjust the book's "teachings" to this
higher version
  >  of SOM ?
JW>

  As Mario Semo will tell you, OS/2 WARP comes with (an early version of)
  the SOM 2.1 runtime.

  When I last checked, Watcom C++ 10.0 shipped with the SOMObjects
  Developers' Toolkit for SOM 1.x, and I don't believe that this has
  changed with 10.5.

  Although you can run SOM 1.x programs on a SOM 2.1 runtime, it's very
  slow.  You are better off developing SOM 2.x applications.

  AFAIAA, if you ask Watcom, they *will* ship you the 2.x SOMObjects
  Developers Toolkit.  Contact their support helpdesk.

  Incidentally, you should beware the Watcom C++ installation program.
  It's stupid; it doesn't check to see whether it is downgrading your SOM
  runtime version.  So you should check your LIBPATH and the location of
  your SOM runtime(s) carefully after installation and before restarting
  your system.

JW>
  >  The book ends with chapters covering things to come - SOM 2.1 and
  >  MetaWare's DirectToSOM C++ which I know I should be using but .....
JW>

  SOM 2.1 and DTS C++ are already here, and have been for some while now.

  I *really* wish that Watcom would catch up with the rest of the field
  and provide DirectToSOM with their compiler.

  > JdeBP <
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