Hi, On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > C in general and Open Watcom in particular are good choices for DOS > programming. > > The other free options supporting more recent C versions are GCC as part of > DJGPP targeting 32-bit DPMI, and, > despite being somewhat experimental, IA16-GCC, a port of GCC for the DOS > 16-bit real mode target.
Most DOS compilers never supported C99. Although I can appreciate parts of C99, you don't really "need" it for DOS. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99 > Not exactly with examples, but for documentation specific to Open Watcom I > recommend their PDFs and / or > the printed manuals. At least the Open Watcom C Language Reference (it is > basically ANSI C with some but > not all features of C99 and implementation specific addons) and the > programmers guide would be a good idea > to have a look at after aquiring some knowledge of the C language. The DOS reader is "whelp cguide", IIRC. Not PDF but readable in plain DOS without third-party tools. _C in a Nutshell (2nd)_ is also a good book and even covers C11: * https://www.amazon.com/Nutshell-Definitive-Reference-Peter-Prinz-dp-1491904755/dp/1491904755/ref=dp_ob_title_bk _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
