[WarpCast] Sybase To Open Source Watcom C/C++ and Fortran Compilers - 8/23/00




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Source: Frank Berke (fberke@kdt.de)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (feedback@warpcast.com)
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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.

 
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