> before I started writing on FreeDOS. I think this compiler might even be
> better than the one I am currently using (turbo C++ 1.01).
Well, I did some testing and its C library is severly limited and
non-standard, and the code it produces seems much larger than Turbo
C[++] (4kb for a simple void main(void){return;} program; OpenWatcom
is about 1 kb).
However, with a more standard C library, it might be OK.
>
> It would be nice if all the code from FreeDOS could be compiled with the
> compiler given in the distribution. Maybe all code should be transitioned to
> openwatcom then.
>
I would say so, yes. I've had success in porting several of the
utilities to OpenWatcom.
> The problem may then be that openwatcom is not GPL licensed. And it is still
> controlled by a big company that would most likely not want to listen to
> issues from the FreeDOS project.
>
The license is less restrictive than the GPL; it allows commercial use
and linking to its c libraries statically without needing to
distribute the C library source code.
> About the borland compatibility, I don't think it is anywhere near. But then
> again my utilities don't use a lot of library functions anyway.
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