Details
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New Feature
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Minor
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None
Description
This issue should be used for discussions about DOS and Win16 Toolchain support.
Examples
- command.com
- 16 bit DLLs for wowexec (WoW32)
Requirements
- DOS: COM, EXE and LIB
- Win16: EXE, DLL and LIB, Resource compiler, Win16 SDK headers
Options
- OpenWatcom: DOS16, DOS32, Win16, Win32, OS/2 16, OS/2 32, ...
- SmallerC: DOS16, DOS32, Win32, ...
- Digital Mars C/C++: DOS16, DOS32, Win16, Win32
Pros and Cons
OpenWatcom
Full Win16 support (including Resource Compiler, Debugger, GUI tools)
Full OS/2 support (maybe interesting in the future?)
License is considered non-free by the Free Software Foundation
License is OSI certified
Very large (40 MB)
Multi-segment program support
SmallerC
No Win16 support
License is considered free by the Free Software Foundation
License is OSI certified
Very small (about 100 KB)
Poor multi-segment program support
Please share your opinions.