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OpenWatcom version 1.7 available | anyone tested it ? (Announce)

posted by Japheth Homepage, Germany (South), 30.08.2007, 07:09
(edited by Japheth on 30.08.2007, 07:27)

> [+] CC386 is much less messy and bloated (very important for me)
> [+] CC386 has a very good support (very important for me)
> [+] CC386 has an IDE coming (important for me also)
> [+] CC386 can output ASM (very important for me)
> [+] CC386 supports inline ASM with usable syntax (important for me)
> [+] CC386 has a DOS download package (YES, I am sensitive to issues like
> this)
>
> [-] CC386 supports no C++ (but will later ?) (not important for me)
> [-] CC386 doesn't support 16-bit RM (obviously critical for FreeDOS
> kernel, but not "directly" for me, 16-bit RM C code is disgusting for me
> [-] CC386 can't compile MPXPLAY nor VGAP386 as-is (but the syntax of them
> is horrrrrible, differences are more than justified)
> [-] CC386 has less "optimization" than VCC (probably also GCC and WATCOM)
> (not very important for me)
there are probably some points missing:

[-] CC386 has a rather small "user base", so the possibility that it will be you who discovers new bugs is rather high.
[-] CC386 is a "one person" project, which most likely will die if this person looses interest.
[-] CC386 has no debugging support for 32bit protected-mode DOS.

IMO, taking everything into account, Open Watcom currently is ways more important for DOS than CC386. And please note that there IS support for DOS in Open Watcom. Please don't repeat the silly claims done by the "Evil DoctoR" admin that OW has virtually abandoned DOS support! You just cannot step in and force the people to fix bugs or add features you would like to have, you will need to convince someone to do the job or do it yourself.

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MS-DOS forever!

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