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Open Watcom

Open Watcom is a project of the open source community to maintain and enhance the Watcom C, C++, and Fortran cross compilers and tools.

Open Watcom Reviews and details

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  • Open Watcom Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-02-21

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2017-11-12 -- Hello World for Windows 9x-XP-7 with Open Watcom C

Integration of Open Watcom C++ compiler for ScaLib BDP project ( VTR-038 )

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you see what people think about Open Watcom and what they use it for.
  • Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, A Great IDE back in the 90s – CodeProject
    Https://web.archive.org/web/20230315024557/http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/ntvdmx64.html Or just run dosbox for full and isolated emulation. Full circle, there's also djgpp and openwatcom for semi-modern retro development. https://www.delorie.com/djgpp https://openwatcom.org I collect retro compilers, programming books, software, and hardware. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
  • I want to start learning how to program DOS games
    I recommend using Open Watcom, particularly the Open Watcom V2 fork, to target 32-bit protected mode DOS, rather than 16-bit real mode. Source: almost 2 years ago

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