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In article <1992Jul27.013748.4476@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> gupw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Paul Wagland) writes:
>Hmm, What I would like to knoe is if the two compilers will be brought
>into one release.  Also I heard something about a second release of the
>compilers.


I sure hope so! I think it may divert people's efforts if two compilers
need to be supported.

So far I think EMX is more stable and faster (libraries). But GCC has better
OS/2 support: system calls, object files etc.

I have heard these areas need work:
	A multi-thread compatible library
	more native OS/2 support
	A DLL for all of the C/C++ libraries (so calling printf doesn't link
	in 30kb of code, where a simple DLL call would reduce code size)
	etc.
	More UNIX features, to make up for OS/2 deficiencies
	anything else?

I think people are working on all this. My guess is EMX will borrow
stuff from GCC, and EMX will be the "official" GNU CC for OS/2.
>
>Any news on this?

sit tight. It'll happen..
>
>many thanx
>-- 
>Paul Wagland            | These opinions are mine and no-one elses
>gupw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au   | I still don't like Microsoft, even after using
>------------------------+  their products. :-)


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Did I imagine this, or isn't POSIX support going to be part of OS/2?
Does anyone know what the situation is? When is it available? Is it
going to be part of the basic OS/2, or is it an extra option (how much?).
Will it be a full implementation, or just a subset?

jpm

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In article <1992Jul27.024029.26334@unixg.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:
>
>Did I imagine this, or isn't POSIX support going to be part of OS/2?
>Does anyone know what the situation is? When is it available? Is it
>going to be part of the basic OS/2, or is it an extra option (how much?).
>Will it be a full implementation, or just a subset?

You imagined it.  IBM has made no statement concerning POSIX in OS/2.
Microsoft, on the other hand, has pledged compliance to the POSIX spec
for their NT project (I think it's number 1002.1, but I may have the
number wrong).

You may have gotten confused during the discussion of gcc.  The GNU
compiler, gcc, contains a library of unix-like functions to make
porting code easier.  This is nothing more than a library, though, and
has nothing to do with OS/2 proper.

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