DOS ain't dead

cl (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 21.08.2021, 07:29

> I'm pretty sure that Microsoft C for MSDOS was called cl.exe, the same as
> Visual Studio today.
>
> At the time that kernel32.dll was created, presumably circa 1994, did
> cl.exe target both Win32 and MSDOS, or were they separate compilers?
>
> If the former, was a switch used? If a switch was used, what was the
> default, and is that switch still accepted today (2021)?

Don't know, but ....

MS C 5.1 switches
MS C 6.0 switches
http://bytepointer.com/msvc/index.htm

Oh, also OpenWatcom has a "cl" wrapper .EXE to emulate the switches of the MS util. (Similarly, they have "owcc" for POSIX cc.)

Complete thread:

• cl - kerravon, 20.08.2021, 18:31 (Miscellaneous)
  • cl - Rugxulo, 21.08.2021, 07:29
    • cl - kerravon, 21.08.2021, 12:23
      • cl - tom, 21.08.2021, 15:51
      • cl - Ringding, 21.08.2021, 16:42
        • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 05:35
          • cl - Rugxulo, 22.08.2021, 06:24
            • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:09
              • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:14
                • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:15
                  • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:17
                    • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:20
                      • cl - DosWorld, 20.09.2021, 05:10
                        • cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 03:50
                      • cl - tom, 20.09.2021, 12:18
                        • cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 03:46
                    • cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 04:14
          • cl - Ringding, 22.08.2021, 10:47
            • cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 12:14
  • cl - Ringding, 21.08.2021, 09:38