> I've never used "make" for anything.  Most of the C
compilers I've used have
> had GUI shells that handled everything automagically.

Uh, yeah.  That's what I meant by an "IDE".

> Anyhow, I found GCC is not really that hard to use once it's installed
> correctly.  Very likely that's where I will start when I get my OS/2
> platform going.  Unfortunately, these hardware problems will cause even more
> delays in getting my new system together.

The one confusing thing about using GCC under OS/2 is that what is widely
regarded as the "best" version of it is part of a unix emulation
package.  EMX.  "EMulate uniX".

Using GCC under EMX, there are two libraries you can link with.  One
produces native OS/2 programs that make system calls to OS/2.  The other
produces EMX programs that make system calls to the unix emulator (a DLL
under OS/2, a dos extender under dos.)

You don't have to compile for the unix emulator when using the EMX version
of GCC, but you need the unix emulator to RUN that version of GCC because
they ported as little as possible and emulated the rest.  (That way they
can upgrade to newer versions of GCC easily as they're released.)

Rob
 
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