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Open Watcom 1.2 Released

Posted by timothy on from the for-your-fortran-needs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Open Watcom 1.2 has been released and is now available for download from the Open Watcom website. This release contains a large number of new features, product enhancements and several fixs designed to bring Open Watcom to a higher level of quality and compatibility. SciTech software Inc, the official maintainers of the Open Watcom project, have also announced the availability of an updated Open Watcom CD, complete with SciTechs installer for DOS, OS/2, and windows. Support for the update will be handled exclusively through the Open Watcom website. Read More." According to the web site, "the Watcom C/C++ and Fortran products will be the first mass market, proprietary compilers to be Open Sourced."

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  1. Back in the day.... by teambpsi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This was THE compiler to use with RTLINK/plus to build protected mode video games -- okay, protected mode anything

    and the only reason we used protected mode?

    BIG RAM BABY

    thanks to the (in)famous 640k 'barrier'

    though to some extent i'm not sure how relevant the toolset is today....

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    Old age and treachery almost always overcome youth and skill.