At 10:06 AM 7/31/2006, Blair Campbell wrote: > > Maybe we should keep this around. > >I would definitely be interested in its compatibility with the Borland >family of compilers, as this could be improved in OpenWatcom. BTW, >OpenWatcom is also a commercial-quality 16-bit compiler :-).
I did use DeSmet C in the early days of PCs and DOS, before there was a Turbo/Borland C, then I switched, as the older DeSmet compilers were not ANSI compatible and Borlands compiler has a real nice IDE and debugger included. It did however always do a quite decent job for small utilities. DeSmet C, even in the ANSI version (which I never used, as I had already switched) will be far from being Borland "compatible", but that might mainly be an issue of the libraries, which could be adapted/created. What IMHO makes this compiler interesting for FreeDOS users/developers is that in fact it not only produces 16 bit DOS executables, but other then OpenWatcom, will also run on a 16 bit DOS system, with fairly small system requirements. Ralf -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
