Daniel Morgan wrote in a message to All:

 DM> Can someone list the places - preferably Fidonet BBSes - to
 DM> get the freeware OS.2 PM C/C++ compilers GNU/GCC or whatever
 DM> it is named... 

You are welcome to FReq EMX here, 1:323/107.

 DM> Or if you don't know any, then, are there any ftp sites?

Hobbes, ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/emx09a, which is widely mirrored.

 DM> Are there any other compilers under $200 worth trying...

I think Watcom is pretty good.  Borland is probably just slightly out of
your price range, IBM VisualAge more so, and Metaware quite far beyond. 
Johnathan de Boyne Pollard periodically posts his "C/C++ Compiler Pros
and Cons List" into this echo.

 DM> What is this I hear about IBMs new Visual C++ 3.0 compiler?
 DM> How much?  Is there an academic pricing for this new
 DM> compiler? 

I'll leave this question for others who know the answer.

 DM> The weird thing is, I program in DOS and Windows 16bit and
 DM> Win32s programs, but I run OS/2 on my desktop.

You may be interested in this, then:

OS2W32XA.ZIP   10K 10-24-95* IBM beta V32W.SYS driver to add support for Win32s
                             v1.25 under OS/2 Warp

 DM> Wouldn't be
 DM> great for me to learn how to program in the native
 DM> environment I use?   I do!

We all think so, too.

 DM> I heard that Charles Petzold has
 DM> a book for the Presentation Manager, are there any other
 DM> GOOD books for learning OS/2 PM C Programming?  I used the
 DM> Petzold book for Windows programming, and this book was
 DM> great for learning how to program in the Win os.

OS/2 PRESENTATION MANAGER PROGRAMMING
By Charles Petzold
Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN 1-56276-123-4

 DM> Now the big question which can supercede all my previous
 DM> questions, is there a FidoNet OS/2 Programming FAQ
 DM> available?

Yes, and it contains a book list:

PFAQ34.ZIP    207K  6-11-95  OS/2 Programmers FAQ version 3.4
 
-- Mike


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