brk102@leah.albany.edu (Brian King) (04/27/91)
I understand that IBM C/2 is IBM's implementation of the C language for OS/2. What does C/2 have to offer in comparison to Microsoft C 6.0 and the OS/2 SDK? What kind of development environment? Debugger? Tools for PM development? Documentation? Reference manuals? Any information is greatly appreciated.... (I'm trying to find alternatives to Microsoft C while I wait for Borland to release Borland C++ for OS/2, which I am sure will not be anytime soon... :-) -Brian King (brk102@leah.albany.edu)
dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) (04/29/91)
>I understand that IBM C/2 is IBM's implementation of the C language for OS/2. >What does C/2 have to offer in comparison to Microsoft C 6.0 and the OS/2 SDK ? >What kind of development environment? Debugger? Tools for PM development? >Documentation? Reference manuals? > >Any information is greatly appreciated.... > >(I'm trying to find alternatives to Microsoft C while I wait for Borland to >release Borland C++ for OS/2, which I am sure will not be anytime soon... :-) > >-Brian King (brk102@leah.albany.edu) Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C. I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS. It comes with Codeview. dedina@cup.portal.com
gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac) (04/30/91)
In article <41810@cup.portal.com> dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) writes: > > >Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C. I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at >least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS. It comes with >Codeview. Well, they did modify it a bit. However, the biggest gotcha is that IBM C/2 requires that you buy the IBM Programming Tools and Information kit in order to program for OS/2. I don't remember the cost of this but it isn't cheap. C/2 does not come with the OS/2 includes like MSC6.0 does. That is in the toolkit. (Plus other things like the Dialog Manager) -gerry -- uunet!dialogic!gerry | "Even a dead plant turns | Dialogic Corporation OR | over a new leaf | 300 Littleton Rd gerry@dialogic.UUCP | when the wind blows." | Parsippany, NJ 07054 | | (201)334-8450
mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (05/02/91)
In article <1991Apr29.202126.7653@dialogic.com> gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac) writes: >In article <41810@cup.portal.com> dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) writes: >> >> >>Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C. I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at >>least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS. It comes with >>Codeview. > >Well, they did modify it a bit. However, the biggest gotcha is that >IBM C/2 requires that you buy the IBM Programming Tools and >Information kit in order to program for OS/2. I don't remember the >cost of this but it isn't cheap. C/2 does not come with the OS/2 >includes like MSC6.0 does. That is in the toolkit. (Plus other >things like the Dialog Manager) > >-gerry IBM C/2 came from MS C 5.?? something or other. I beleive it is no longer supported. You *can* use the C/2 product to build basic applications for OS/2, but you can't build PM applications without *either* toolkkit (MS or IBM for OS/2 V1.2). There *are* alternatives to MS C compilers for OS/2. Zortech makes one and if you look in many Programming tools catalogs like "The Programmers Shop" or the C Users Journal, you can find compilers/tools/etc for most Operating systems... Michael R. MacFaden IBM Palo Alto Marketing Systems mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com, macfaden@paloic1.vnet.ibm.com disclaimer: what I write above is not necessarily my employer's opinion