From: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl
Subject: Re: djgpp vs watcom
To: rossi AT cs DOT unibo DOT it (Davide Rossi)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 15:12:53 +0100 (METDST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP users list)

> 
> 
>>People have mentioned recent reviews comparing djgpp against other compilers.
>>I was under the impression the only compiler that gives equivalent performance
>>is Watcom (at a price!!). Does anyone have any figures on this?
>  
> Someone mentioned an article that compared compilers. I forget the name of the
> magazine, but I read it also and although It does not mention djgpp it does
> mention GNU on other platforms.
> 
> Watcom had a special recently of a DOS only (i.e. NOT OS/2 or MS Windows)
> version of their 32 bit compiler for $199.
> 

Davide Rossi (rossi AT cs DOT unibo DOT it) wrote:
> What about Watcom and C++?

Watcom C/C++ 9.5 has C++.
It supports an amazing amount of 'OSs': (Ext.) DOS, OS/2 2.x, Windows 3.x, 
Windows NT, Win32s etc.

Darryl Okahata (darrylo AT sr DOT hp DOT com) posted a review on Watcom C/386 recently.
(I can't remember if he posted it to this list or another.)
Perhaps he could be so kind to repost it.


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