Author: Bo Persson
Date: 10:21:12 03/03/03
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On March 03, 2003 at 13:00:18, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >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. Entirely correct. The last couple of years has been spent on the transition from discontinued to open. Check this page of "recent" press releases to see what has happened in the project so far: http://www.openwatcom.org/news/press_content.html Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
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