From: Paul B. <pau...@no...> - 2005-08-16 07:55:00
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Hi Richard, Yes, it's free - has been for a couple of years. The website is <http://www.openwatcom.org>. The main downloads are at <ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/watcom/> and there is a new beta at <ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/watcom/devel/setup.exe>. The editor in the IDE is a bit dated (eg. no automatic code completion a la MSVC), but the debugger is still second to none. The only gotcha I've found using OW is that a number of projects (including Freeglut) don't recognise it. As a workaround, I have to define the macro _MSC_VER=6 in the IDEs compiler settings. Ideally wherever the definition of _MSC_VER is checked, __WATCOMC__ should be checked too, but the workaround gets things running (even the #pragma comment (lib, "...")'s work as expected). Regards, Paul Richard Rauch wrote: >On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:22:39AM +0100, Paul Blew wrote: > > >>Hi All, >> >>I don't know if this is relevant or useful, but I have freeglut building >>under OpenWatcom. It's working flawlessly, so I've moved all my >> >> > >I haven't heard about Watcom in ages...(^& > >Is this an opensource/free compiler, now? (From the name, I would guess >so, but maybe they just tacked on "Open" for buzzword...(^&) > > -- ************************************************ Paul Blew Consultant Northgate HR Direct: +44 (0)1454 624197 Email: pau...@no... Web: www.northgate-is.com/hrs ************************************************ This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited ("Northgate") and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). It may contain personal and confidential information and as such may be protected by the Data Protection Act 1998. If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Any views or opinions expressed within this email are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of Northgate. Northgate has scanned this email for viruses but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. |