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Subject: Re: Anyone tried the new Openwatcom compiler ??

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 10:00:18 03/03/03

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On March 03, 2003 at 11:51:32, Mike Hood wrote:

>On March 02, 2003 at 13:04:59, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>
>>On March 02, 2003 at 12:47:33, Kim Roper Jensen wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Just wondered of anyone have tried the new www.openwatcom.com compiler ??
>>
>>Yes, I use it to compile the DOS-comet. Seems okay.
>>
>>Uli
>>
>>>Seems kind of ok with IDE and everything....
>>>
>>>/Kim
>
>In the 90s my company used the Watcom C++ compiler because it optimized the code
>much better optimized than the rival products (Microsoft and Borland). Then the
>Watcom company was bought by another company (Sybase?) and the quality of the
>compiler started to slip, so we switched to Visual C++. But the last time I used
>the Watcom compiler was three years ago, so maybe they've got their act back
>together by now.

I don't think so. Regarding optimization issue, there hasn't happened much, it
seems to me.




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