[WarpCast] Sybase To Open Source Watcom C/C++ and Fortran Compilers - 8/23/00 |
Network Trace for OS/2 - Turn any OS/2 machine into a network probe. - Take a trace on any segment in the network, in minutes. - A software-only, hardware-independent implementation. http://www.goldencode.com/ntrace.html ********************************************************************* Source: Frank Berke (fberke@kdt.de) Moderator: Trevor Smith (feedback@warpcast.com) ------------------------------------------------------- Sybase, Inc. (NASDAQ-SYBS) today announced that it will release the source code to its Watcom C/C++ and Fortran compilers under an Open Source license, thus enabling Watcom users to continue to use the products and evolve them to meet the changing needs of the Watcom community. [Note: this project is maintained by Kendall Bennett, who we all know from Scitech Software!] http://www.openwatcom.org/ When asked for a comment on the relevancy to the OS/2 community of this announcement, Mr. Bennett replied: It is very relevant to all OS/2 users. The Watcom compiler fully supports OS/2 development (both 16-bit and 32-bit), and we have a number of OS/2 developers on the core team (Timur Tabi is one of them). Hence we expect the OS/2 version will improve markedly as many of us want to see some of the major OS/2 bugs fixed (like support for multi-threading in the debugger etc). Also given that IBM recently canned VAC++, the OS/2 version will become even more important in the future. I am actually going to be giving a presentation on the Open Watcom compilers at Warpstock. The presentation will focus on exactly what will be included, and how this will affect the OS/2 community. ------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ -------------------------------------------------------