johns@cs.umr.edu (John Stone) (03/22/91)
What C compiler does everyone use for OS/2?
Is there a a GNU gcc or g++ out there for OS/2?
How much do the commercial OS/2 compilers cost?
Are there make utilities for OS/2?
How hard is it to port Unix apps to OS/2 ?
I have a raytracer that I would like to port to OS/2
and I have a few other things as well, and they compile
primarily under unix. Another interest is the pbmplus
bitmap package out on the net.
Any info is appreciated
John E. Stone
johns@cs.umr.eduTURGUT@TREARN.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) (03/22/91)
John: I use Microsoft C 6, and it's very pleasant to use (background compilations,codeview debugger,_fastcall convention..) Ray tracers? Oh good - I have ported the DKB ray tracer (available from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET) to OS/2. If it's a different ray tracer you are working on, sure, I'd be interested in it. -turgut
mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (03/24/91)
In article <2456@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> johns@cs.umr.edu (John Stone) writes: > > What C compiler does everyone use for OS/2? >Is there a a GNU gcc or g++ out there for OS/2? >How much do the commercial OS/2 compilers cost? >Are there make utilities for OS/2? >How hard is it to port Unix apps to OS/2 ? Most probably use MS C 6.0. I think it retails for $349 through a mail order firm called The Programmer's Shop (800-421-8006). They have a catalog that lists most of the commercial products such as Unix ports, C++, etc. Lattice C was listed for $189, Zortech C++ for $519. Michael R. MacFaden IBM Palo Alto Marketing Systems mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com, macfaden@paloic1.iinus1.ibm.com disclaimer: ..the usual...
bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright) (03/29/91)
In article <2456@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> johns@cs.umr.edu (John Stone) writes:
/ What C compiler does everyone use for OS/2?
We here at Zortech use Zortech C/C++ for OS/2 :-)
/Are there make utilities for OS/2?
One comes with ZTC/C++.
/How hard is it to port Unix apps to OS/2 ?
It depends on how much of the code depends on unix-specific features
(like sockets). Also, watch out for assumptions about pointer and int sizes.
/I have a raytracer that I would like to port to OS/2
/and I have a few other things as well, and they compile
/primarily under unix.
Zortech's FG graphics package works under OS/2 without the need to rewrite
your program into a PM app.
For more information, call us at 800-848-8408.hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) (03/31/91)
I hate flaming on the NET but:
WHY IN HECK does ZTC++ have PROTECTION VIOLATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! (OS/2 Version)
One can "dance around" the PV's buy not using their Workbench and by
puttting flags in a certain order, but --
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTIBLE BEHAVIOR FOR A COMMERCIAL ** COMPILER ***
Its does not instill me with a great amount of confidence in the
Zortech series of products, their programmers and most specifically
their QT department or beta testers.
I realize that application WILL have BUGS, but guys come on --
PROTECTION VIOLATIONS! These seem to me to be the MOST obvious form of
bugs in a application, they are VERY easy to spot (Half :-) ) and are
pretty specific in their meaning.
Now I am a programmer and I realize the AMOUNT of BLOOD, SWEAT and
TEARS in writing, debugging and "specing" code. (And I don't work in
the REAL world yet!) So -- When is there going to be a bug fix?
Zortech's other products seem MUCH stabler....
( All above statements/flames were generated after watching a ZTC++
Development System crash and burn on a P70 w/6-8M RAM and running OS/2
1.2 and 1.3 EE)
--
adam hill -- hill@evax.uta.edu ASOCC - University of Texas at UTA
I programmed for three days Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA!
And heard no human voices. Amiga... Multimedia NOW!
But the hard disk sang. - TZoP Born To Run SVR4