Open Watcom: Difference between revisions

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Description

Open Watcom is a toolchain that includes a workframe, source-language debugger, assembler and compilers for C, C++ and Fortran. It is available and mature for a series of platforms already (DOS, OS/2 16 and 32 bit, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP) and with a Linux version being newer. The system has a full cross platform capability, i.e. the OS/2 version can be used to develop for DOS and MS Windows targets and vice versa.

The system was forked in 2012 after a member of the OpenWatcom team deleted almost all contributions to the system from others than the core team, the bulk of the developers that had been actively working on the system now work on the fork that is informally know as the "Malak" version. The deletions had been an ongoing problem ever since the inception of the project and are the reason why various attempts to update the FORTRAN side of the compiler have disappears off the face of the earth. Most if not all new development of the Open Watcom code-base now happens on the fork and not on the original version of OpenWatcom.

Version

* Latest Version for OS/2-eCS: Open Watcom 1.9 / June 2010

Latest version of the Malak Fork is 2.00 / May 2014

Links

Home page: [1]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openwatcom/ (Link to downloads of the Malak fork of OW)
https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2 (Main development rep of the Malak fork)

License

Published under the Open Watcom Public License. Allows free commercial and non-commercial use of Open Watcom.

Publications

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 == Description ==
-Full developer's package with workframe, source-language debugger, assembler and compilers for C, C++ and Fortran, which is available for a series of platforms already (DOS, OS/2 16 and 32 bit, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP) and with a Linux version being in the works. The system has a full cross platform capability, i.e. the OS/2 version can be used to develop for DOS and MS Windows targets and vice versa.
+Open Watcom is a toolchain that includes a workframe, source-language debugger, assembler and compilers for C, C++ and Fortran. It is available and mature for a series of platforms already (DOS, OS/2 16 and 32 bit, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP) and with a Linux version being newer. The system has a full cross platform capability, i.e. the OS/2 version can be used to develop for DOS and MS Windows targets and vice versa.
-The system was forked in 2012 after a member of the OpenWatcom team deleted almost all contributions to the system from others than the core team, the bulk of the developers that had been actively working on the system now work on the fork that is informally know as the "Malak" version. Most new development therefore happens on the fork and not on the original version of OpenWatcom.
+The system was forked in 2012 after a member of the OpenWatcom team deleted almost all contributions to the system from others than the core team, the bulk of the developers that had been actively working on the system now work on the fork that is informally know as the "Malak" version. The deletions had been an ongoing problem ever since the inception of the project and are the reason why various attempts to update the FORTRAN side of the compiler have disappears off the face of the earth. Most if not all new development of the Open Watcom code-base now happens on the fork and not on the original version of OpenWatcom.
 ==Version==