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  • Open Watcom announcement

    From Jonathan de Boyne Pollard@2:257/609.3 to David Noon on Tue Jun 25 23:35:32 2002
    Here is the announcement of the availability of the source code for
    [most of] the Watcom compiler and library.

    The source code for the library has in fact been available for quite a while now. It is the source code for the compiler, linker, and associated toolset that has only just become available.

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  • From David Noon@2:257/609.5 to Rich Wonneberger on Thu Jun 27 20:10:48 2002
    Hi Rich,

    Replying to a message of Rich Wonneberger to David Noon:

    *** Quoting David Noon to Sarah Nunez dated 06-11-02 ***
    The missing OS/2 stuff (the OS/2 Develoepr's Toolkit) is on the install
    media for Warp 4, WSeB, MCP, MCP2, ACP, ACP2 and eCS. It is more
    up-to-date than that supplied on the Watcom install CDs of old. If you

    A newer Watcom compiler is on one of the eCS CDs??

    No, a newer OS/2 DTK is on CD #2 of the eCS install media. [I.e. it is newer than the one supplied on the Watcom install CD.]

    The [retail] Watcom compiler arrives with the OS/2 DTK 2.1, which dates from 1993. In contrast, eCS arrives with OS/2 DTK 4.52, which dates from 1999 and targets the kernels, shells and file systems supplied with ACP and MCP.

    There are some mind-numbing bugs in the 4.52 DTK, but the Warpzilla team are intent on getting them fixed. Compiling Warpzilla from source is actually impossible with the 4.52 DTK, and so it was compiled using the 4.51 DTK (as supplied with WSeB).

    Regards

    Dave
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  • From Rich Wonneberger@1:2624/50 to David Noon on Fri Jun 28 21:33:18 2002
    *** Quoting David Noon to Rich Wonneberger dated 06-27-02 ***
    A newer Watcom compiler is on one of the eCS CDs??

    No, a newer OS/2 DTK is on CD #2 of the eCS install media. [I.e. it is
    newer than the one supplied on the Watcom install CD.]

    David,

    AH. I did get the compiler from watcom. Havent looked at it yet.
    What will the tool kit do for me?? (other then examples of code or such)

    *** Quoting David Noon to Rich Wonneberger dated 06-27-02 ***
    There are some mind-numbing bugs in the 4.52 DTK, but the Warpzilla
    team are intent on getting them fixed. Compiling Warpzilla from source
    is actually impossible with the 4.52 DTK, and so it was compiled using
    the 4.51 DTK (as supplied with WSeB).

    Now you have me wondering if I should bother with the kit or start learning the
    compiler & C first.

    Thanks
    Rich
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