Hi Jamie Kowinsky,
(sorry, I don't have an Enghlish header yet)
 JK> Instead AT&T 2.0 or something.  I heard about Watcomm C and something
 JK> called DJGPP or something.  The major requirments for what I need is
 JK> that its ANSI C++, will compiler for DOS, and if it has a nice DOS
 JK> based IDE that is a plus, but I can probably use other editors if
 JK> necessary.
 well, I could not get it work but I can recommend DJGPP.It is the DOS port 
of unix based ANSI C/C++ compiler gcc (gnu's), it can be freely downloaded 
from many internet locations (search for 'djgpp' on any search machine and 
you'll surely find one) . Major disadventages of DJGPP are it is hard to 
configure and it uses an nonconventional (for intel cpu's ofcourse) assembly 
format (while using inline asm.); the licence agreement requires you to write 
either free or shareware programs only. The main adventage of it is, you can 
compile nearly every unix compatible program or library,others are it is full 
32 bit (it comes with its own dos extender), can be extended easily (full 
source is avaliable).
 Although it does not have an IDE on its own, there is an IDE called RHIDE 
which mimics nearly all the capabilities of borland C++ (3.1) IDE and was 
written especially for DJGPP (it is possible to use it for other compilers as 
well).
 It is best to check news from internet as It has been a long time since I 
was interested in djgpp..
BTW excuse me for spelling mistakes..
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