PR>>> does anyone know of a good c++ compiler?
 PR>>> most of the ones i can get are.... not the best...
 MB>> GNU C++
 MH> Do you know if it'll do OS/2 executables on a DOS system?  
Usually people develop DOS programs on OS/2 systems.  OS/2 copes far better 
than DOS does when a partially-developed DOS program goes haywire.  In 
theory, GCC can cross-compile.  In practice, you are best off by installing 
OS/2 and running EMX C++ (the OS/2 port of GCC) natively.
 MH> I'm writing a program and Borland 4.52/5.0 don't do OS/2
 MH> compilations...
I once wrote a complete 16-bit Standard C library for Borland C++ 3.1 for DOS 
that could be used in place of the supplied one, which allowed one to compile 
and link 16-bit OS/2 1.x programs.  I stopped when Borland released Borland 
C++ 1.0 for OS/2, because it made the exercise largely pointless (although my 
library was slightly better than Borland's in several areas).  Now that 
Borland C++ for OS/2, like many of Borland's products, has gone down the 
tubes, your best bet for cross-compilation is Watcom C++ 11.0, which can be 
hosted on DOS, DOS+Windows 95, Windows NT, or OS/2 Warp, and can create 
executables for DOS, extended DOS, Win16, Win32, 16-bit OS/2, and 32-bit 
/2.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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