Re: [Freedos-user] Zorland/Zortech C compiler?

[Ralf A. Q. <Fr...@gm...>]

At 05:52 PM 5/27/2010, Martin Woodhouse wrote:
>Hi Conan
>
>That wouldn't be Borland C, would it?  I built an entire e-book 
>writing-reading-publishing suite for DOS using Borland C in 1989-91
No, that wouldn't.

As already mentioned, the compiler he is looking for is now called 
"Digital Mars C/C++" and is available as freeware for download from 
the author's (Walter Bright) web site at  www.digitalmars.com . The 
compiler was called in the past (in order of appearance)

Northwest Software C
Datalight C
Zorland C
Zortech C (after a nudge from Borland apparently)
Zortech C++
Symantec C++ (after selling the rights to Symantec)
Digital Mars C++ (after Walter got the rights back from Symantec)

And unfortunately, the compiler that can be downloaded nowadays does 
not run under 16 bit DOS as I previously mentioned, I was used to run 
it on the command line of a Windows 98 machine. Though it is capable 
of producing 16 bit DOS executables, it is a Win32 console program...

So the only still available 16 bit C compiler that still runs on 16 
bit DOS is DeSmet C 3.1 (which is now Open Source)...

I personally prefer Borlands C/C++ 3.1 myself, it's still after all 
those years the most usable DOS C/C++ compiler that still runs on 16 
bit DOS, though unfortunately, only the older version of Turbo C++ 
1.01 is available  from Borland's/Imprise's/Codegear's/Embaradero's 
museums page as freeware (not Open Source). But still good enough if 
you in fact want to write real DOS programs...

Ralf