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Subject: IBM C Set/2 & MS 32bit C compiler (beta)

Ivan Leong writes

IL>If I remember correctly, in one of the msgs I read that IBM C Set/2's compiler
IL>is the derivation of MS C 32bit compiler.

Not!

This was created in the IBM Toronto Labs (proud Canuck, here!). It
has its lineage in the AS/400 C compiler. I think they share the
same front end.

IL>I recently came across a package, MS OS/2 2.0 SDK and Languages. Inside,
IL>there're MS LAN Manager drvs for OS/2, MS 32bit C compiler (CL386), Codeview
IL>32bit (CV386) and 32bit vers of the usual stuff (.LIB, .H, etc).

IL>From the skimpy docs, it's beta code, contain bugs and certain things don't
IL>work. Most of the files are dated around May 92 and Jun 90. My MSC6.00 is dated
IL>Mar 90.

This sounds like the Microsoft product that they gave up for
adoption.

IL>Is this the IBM C Set/2 in its early days? If it is, was IBM C Set/2 modified
IL>much to be different from this MS 32bit C compiler?

C Set/2 is *nothing* like any MS language product!

    STEPHEN         Look through the Windows and you will see OS/2!
    ^^^^^^^    :-)  Walking and chewing gum at the same time.

 stephen.dawson@canrem.com
 Entered 08-12-92 at 7:04am in Downsview, Ontario

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