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In <1992Aug11.082417.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> Ivan Leong writes:
>If I remember correctly, in one of the msgs I read that IBM C Set/2's compiler
>is the derivation of MS C 32bit compiler.
>
>I recently came across a package, MS OS/2 2.0 SDK and Languages. Inside,
>there're MS LAN Manager drvs for OS/2, MS 32bit C compiler (CL386), Codeview
>32bit (CV386) and 32bit vers of the usual stuff (.LIB, .H, etc).
>
>From the skimpy docs, it's beta code, contain bugs and certain things don't
>work. Most of the files are dated around May 92 and Jun 90. My MSC6.00 is dated
>Mar 90.
>
>Is this the IBM C Set/2 in its early days? If it is, was IBM C Set/2 modified
>much to be different from this MS 32bit C compiler?
>
>'il
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No, no, no. IBM C Set/2 is in no way derived from the MS 32-bit compiler.
It is developed from scratch by the IBM Toronto programming laboratory.

The package you have come over is from the early days when MS was still
participating in the development of OS/2 2.0.

Peter
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