> Obviously, a C compiler of some kind.  What are the goods ones for OS/2?  Is
> C++ a big advantage for working with OS/2?  (I don't like C++ much, but will
> use it if I must.)

EMX is a marvelous development package with two minor problems.

1) It hasn't got an IDE.
2) The documentation it does have isn't exactly unified.  (Everything's
there, but you basically have to read all of it to find what you want, and
what order you read it in doesn't really matter.)

On the bright side,

1) It's free.
2) It produces pretty good executables.
3) It's more thoroughly debugged than some professional packages.
4) It's free.
5) You can run it just fine in 8 megs or less (CSET++ needs 16 or more).
6) It's free.
7) Regular updates are available, with a complete new version about once a year.
8) It's free.
9) It's got all sorts of libraries and support for porting unix stuff to OS/2.
10) It doesn't cost a cent.

You can ftp it from any hobbes archive site (ftp.cdrom.com in the pub/os2
directory is the one I use, hobbes.nmsu.edu is another, and both list
others in the login screen if they're overwhelmed).

From the main hobbes dir, emx has its own subdirectory under the
"unix" subdirectory (ports from unix, unix-like utilities...  emx
is a port of GCC, the gnu c/c++ compiler, with some support libraries and
.dll's so OS/2 can emulate unix somewhat.  I don't use the unix emulation
stuff, I compile actual OS/2 .exe files.  This requires the command line
options -Zsys -Zomf, and works fine.  I've compiled text apps, pm apps,
windowed apps, etc.)

the directory is something like unix/emx9a (it changes with every revision
number.  might be emx09a, I can never remember.)

There are a dozen or so files there, the compiler itself is in emxdev.zip,
but you'll probably want several of the other things too.

Rob
 
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