Subj : Open Watcom compiler
To   : Sarah Nunez
From : Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Date : Tue Jun 25 2002 11:33 pm

SN> I have the above compiler installed from the zip files (OS/2 host, all
SN> targets), but I've been unable to obtain a copy of the retail Watcom
SN> 11.x compiler.  I assume this will limit me to compiling for 16-bit
SN> DOS until the Open Watcom project concocts their own SDKs, etc., for
SN> Windows, OS/2, and extended DOS, correct?

No.

You can obtain the OS/2 Developers' Toolkit (which actually comes supplied with
some versions of OS/2) and use it with Watcom C/C++ pretty much as it stands,
which will enable you to produce OS/2 programs.

You can obtain the Windows Software Development Kit from Microsoft, but you
cannot use it without significant alterations to the header files and import
libraries.  This is because they are not very compiler-neutral at all and
contain things that are highly specific to Microsoft's own C/C++ compiler.
Eventually, there will exist a suite of patches that one can apply to the
Windows SDK that will render it usable with the Watcom compiler.

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