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Andrew Jones wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken, it's because they developed it on a different box
> (platform), and then brought it over.  Although it was probably also so
> people could write plug-ins for it.
>
> But don't let these folks fool you.  IMNSHO, Watcom (still) produces better
> code than GCC.

Take a look at http://www.geocities.com/set-soft/compila.html
You'll get a big surprise.

SET

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