Subj : Watcom compilers Open So
To   : David Noon
From : Will Honea
Date : Sat Aug 26 2000 05:00 pm

David Noon wrote to All on 08/26/2000
I saw it on 08-27-2000!

DN> I snipped this from Compuserve's capture of WarpCast. It
DN> looks as though there will be fixes available for all those
DN> nagging buglets in the Watcom compilers and, more
DN> particularly, ancillary tools such as the linker.
DN>

Just to add a little more info that I've gleaned from the Sybase news
server,  (news:://forums.sybase.com, groups are
powersoft.public.watcom_c_c++ and powersoft.public.watcom_fortran_77)
the initial plans are to provide an update to current Watcom C++ 11
users near term (like in a month or two) with full program downloads as
soon as they get their CM system up and the build mechanics resolved.
Shortly after that major milestone, they plan to open up the repository
and solicit user contributions to the code.  Steven Howe, another of
the core maintainers, has indicated that they will be trying to
consolidate ALL the Watcom compiler versions (they all use the same
code generators) and make them all available.  At least one of the core
group is working on getting Sybase to release the VXREXX code to revive
that as well.

This has to be the most welcome news to come down the pike in a long
time!

Will Honea <[email protected]>
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