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

posted by DOS386, 31.08.2007, 07:23

> [-] CC386 has a rather small "user base", so the possibility that it will
> be you who discovers new bugs is rather high.
Very true

> [-] CC386 is a "one person" project, which most likely will die if this
> person looses interest.
Very true ... I just hope it won't happen soon, and, I don't absolutely have to throw away something just because maintainer[s] has/have gone ... I don't need doubling the number of "features" every 6 months :lol3:

> IMO, taking everything into account, Open Watcom currently is ways more
> important for DOS than CC386.

Because of FreeDOS kernel.

> And please note that there IS support for DOS in Open Watcom.
> Please don't repeat the silly claims

I'll be happy to notice this and shut up with "silly claims" :lol3:

OTOH, > 1 year ago, after OW 1.5 release, bringing nothing than regressions and new criminal bugs, verified by several trusted experts, including you (Japheth), criticism was the sad truth and not a "silly claim"

> force the people to fix bugs or add features you would like to have
... or even worse to remove "features"

> need to convince someone to do the job or do it yourself.
Very true. That's the experience and the reason for avoiding HL compilers as much as possible and preferring ASM not having this silly problem by design :-)

Matjaz wrote:

> seen the source code of OpenWatcom? It would be more difficult
> to get rid of dos code than to keep it.
Not true. Dead code can remain (anyone cares about bloat ? ), just remove "official" support ... :crying:

Rugxulo wrote:

> FreeDOS). Some things of theirs won't compile with
> CC386 because of explicit 16-bit support (e.g. XCOPY).
Possibly the kernel also :lol3:

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