IBM C/2

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4 total messages Started by Brian King Fri, 26 Apr 1991 21:05

#2571

Author: Brian King
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 21:05

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I understand that IBM C/2 is IBM's implementation of the C language for OS/2.
What does C/2 have to offer in comparison to Microsoft C 6.0 and the OS/2 SDK?
What kind of development environment? Debugger? Tools for PM development?
Documentation? Reference manuals?

Any information is greatly appreciated....

(I'm trying to find alternatives to Microsoft C while I wait for Borland to
release Borland C++ for OS/2, which I am sure will not be anytime soon... :-)

-Brian King  (brk102@leah.albany.edu)

Re: IBM C/2

#2582

Author: Michael J Dedina
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 06:18

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 >I understand that IBM C/2 is IBM's implementation of the C language for OS/2.
 >What does C/2 have to offer in comparison to Microsoft C 6.0 and the OS/2 SDK
?
 >What kind of development environment? Debugger? Tools for PM development?
 >Documentation? Reference manuals?
 >
 >Any information is greatly appreciated....
 >
 >(I'm trying to find alternatives to Microsoft C while I wait for Borland to
 >release Borland C++ for OS/2, which I am sure will not be anytime soon... :-)
 >
 >-Brian King  (brk102@leah.albany.edu)

Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C.  I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at
least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS.  It comes with
Codeview.

dedina@cup.portal.com

Re: IBM C/2

#2583

Author: Gerry Lachac
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 20:21

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In article <41810@cup.portal.com> dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) writes:
>
>
>Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C.  I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at
>least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS.  It comes with
>Codeview.

Well, they did modify it a bit.  However, the biggest gotcha is that
IBM C/2 requires that you buy the IBM Programming Tools and
Information kit in order to program for OS/2.  I don't remember the
cost of this but it isn't cheap.  C/2 does not come with the OS/2
includes like MSC6.0 does.  That is in the toolkit.  (Plus other
things like the Dialog Manager)

-gerry

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Re: IBM C/2

#2584

Author: mikem
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 18:48

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In article <1991Apr29.202126.7653@dialogic.com> gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac) writes:
>In article <41810@cup.portal.com> dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) writes:
>>
>>
>>Sorry, C/2 is no alternative to Microsoft C.  I believe it *is* Microsoft C; at
>>least a version of it, which IBM has licensed from MS.  It comes with
>>Codeview.
>
>Well, they did modify it a bit.  However, the biggest gotcha is that
>IBM C/2 requires that you buy the IBM Programming Tools and
>Information kit in order to program for OS/2.  I don't remember the
>cost of this but it isn't cheap.  C/2 does not come with the OS/2
>includes like MSC6.0 does.  That is in the toolkit.  (Plus other
>things like the Dialog Manager)
>
>-gerry

IBM C/2 came from MS C 5.?? something or other. I beleive it is no
longer supported. You *can* use the C/2 product to build basic
applications for OS/2, but you can't build PM applications without
*either* toolkkit (MS or IBM for OS/2 V1.2). 

There *are* alternatives to MS C compilers for OS/2. Zortech makes one
and if you look in many Programming tools catalogs like "The Programmers
Shop" or the C Users Journal, you can find compilers/tools/etc for
most Operating systems...

Michael R. MacFaden    IBM Palo Alto     Marketing Systems
mikem@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com, macfaden@paloic1.vnet.ibm.com 
disclaimer:  what I write above is not necessarily my employer's opinion

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