murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) (02/14/88)
What are OS/2 programmers using for C on OS/2? Is the IBM C/2
compiler the only thing available for OS/2? Is there way to use
a standard DOS compliler to write code for OS/2?
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(Machines have less problems. I'd like to be a machine. -- Andy Worhol)robert@rabbit1.UUCP (Robert Oliver) (03/02/88)
In article <4274@sigi.Colorado.EDU>, murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) writes: > What are OS/2 programmers using for C on OS/2? Is the IBM C/2 > compiler the only thing available for OS/2? Is there way to use > a standard DOS compliler to write code for OS/2? > Microsoft C is an alternative. I'm sure there are/will be others. However, I would bet that at the moment only Microsoft (& probably IBM) have the ability to create "Family Applications." Family Apps, when properly written (i.e., using a safe subset of system calls, etc.), compiled, and linked can be run under OS/2, in OS/2's DOS Compatibility Box, or on a DOS system. Not many programs are tame enough to be Family Apps. Compilers DO fall into this category, as do simple word processors. As for plain OS/2 programming, all you need is an OS/2 compatible 286 protected mode compiler, which Lattice, Aztec, and everyone else are probably working on or shipping. No concrete info. from me, though. Sorry. -- Robert Oliver Rabbit Software Corp. (215) 647-0440 7 Great Valley Parkway East ...!ihnp4!{cbmvax,cuuxb}!hutch!robert Malvern, PA 19355 ...!psuvax!burdvax!hutch!robert
doug@edson.UUCP (Doug Konrad) (03/03/88)
In article <432@rabbit1.UUCP>, robert@rabbit1.UUCP (Robert Oliver) writes: > In article <4274@sigi.Colorado.EDU>, murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) writes: > > What are OS/2 programmers using for C on OS/2? Is the IBM C/2 > > compiler the only thing available for OS/2? Is there way to use > > a standard DOS compliler to write code for OS/2? > > > > Microsoft C is an alternative. I'm sure there are/will be others. However, > I would bet that at the moment only Microsoft (& probably IBM) have the > ability to create "Family Applications." Not quite true. Lattice has an OS/2 C compiler. Its been available for the last 9 to 12 months. (Thats NOT a typo.) It's the compiler that IBM has been using for more than the last year to develope OS/2 code and applications. Hard to believe, but the compiler was for sale BEFORE OS/2. I haven't tried the product, I use their DOS C compiler myself. Just a loyal, satisfied Lattice Customer... Doug Konrad
las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr) (03/04/88)
In article <432@rabbit1.UUCP> robert@rabbit1.UUCP (Robert Oliver) writes: >In article <4274@sigi.Colorado.EDU>, murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) writes: >> What are OS/2 programmers using for C on OS/2? Is the IBM C/2... >Microsoft C is an alternative. I'm sure there are/will be others. However, >I would bet that at the moment only Microsoft (& probably IBM) have the >ability to create "Family Applications." Family Apps, when properly written >(i.e., using a safe subset of system calls, etc.), compiled, and linked >can be run under OS/2, in OS/2's DOS Compatibility Box, or on a DOS system. Lattice has been working on an OS/2 compiler. In the last newsletter I received, they said they had been working with OS/2 preliminary versions under non-disclosure agreement for some time previously. They offered a deal to current owners of their latest DOS compiler: receive "beta" releases and the first official release of the C compiler for $150 (ouch!). The compiler is a "Family App" and with it and the supplied run time libraries, you too can create family apps. I'm planning to upgrade, but $150 is pretty steep for my budget. regards, Larry -- "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde, James Whistler or George Bernard Shaw depending on who you ask Name: Larry A. Shurr (cbosgd!osu-cis!apr!las or try {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbcp1!las) Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily the opinion of APR or any APR client.
mitsu@well.UUCP (Mitsuharu Hadeishi) (03/08/88)
Has anyone had experience with OS/2 performance? I'd like to see some benchmarks.