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OpenWatcom C++ Compiler Code Finally Released

Posted by timothy on from the more-tools dept.

udif writes: "Almost 2 years after it was originally announced, the first drop of the OpenWatcom C++ source code is here. 18,000 files, 78MB uncompressed source code (about 28MB compressed). It's version 0.80 and is incomplete, but most of the code is here."

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  1. OpenWatcom Questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Can you compile and run a "Hello World" example in C or C++ yet?

    To build OpenWatcom, where do you get the OpenWatcom binaries?

    I heard at one time that Win-OS2, the Windows 3.1 that came with OS/2, was compiled using Watcom C because IBM considered Watcom C the faster compiler over their own and Microsoft's.

    Is anybody considering to "port" OpenWatcom to Linux?

    I noticed that the Windows and OS/2 compilers will be included. What about DOS and the DOS 32-bit Extender? Are the compilers for other platforms going to be included?

    Thanks for your answers,
    Daniel

  2. Good news for TeraTerm users by Ashurbanipal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Teraterm is an excellent open-source terminal emulator for Windows machines, which Robert O'Callahan has extended to incorporate SSH.

    The two problems with TeraTerm are:
    1) the weird license prohibits distributing any fixes to the core code (you can only distribute add-ons, which it supports). Luckily the core is not buggy, it's just got some areas where improvements could be made.
    2) it reportedly compiles best under Watcom C/C++, which was (until now) a rare beasty.