TABLE OF CONTENTS The Open Watcom C/C++ compiler was used by the author in developing the programs in this book. A copy of the compiler is included on the CD-ROM included with this book. In this section, we will briefly discuss this and other compilers that can be used.
Open Watcom C/C++ is an Open Source successor to WATCOM, a commercial compiler previously marketed by Sybase and Powersoft. The current version of Open Watcom C/C++ (v. 1.6) is a professional, optimizing, multi-platform C and C++ compiler with a comprehensive suit of development tools for developing and debugging both 16-bit and 32-bit applications for DOS, extended DOS, Novell NLMs, 16-bit OS/2, 32-bit OS/2, Window 3.x, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP, and 32-bit OS/2.
Included in the package is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a text editor, C++ class libraries, sample programs, and much more.
The IDE runs under Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP, and 32-bit OS/2. This easily allows the user to edit, link, compile, debug, and build applications for 16-bit and 32-bit systems. Projects can include multiple files even EXEs and DLLs. The environment even produces "makefiles" for the project that can be viewed and edited in its accompanying text editor.
The copy of the Sybase Open Watcom Public License version 1.0 is included in Appendix L.
The Open Watcom Text Editor can be called from the IDE or can be run independently. The editor contains a toolbar and...
