14 Dec
2005
14 Dec
'05
10:07 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
So what is the best C++ for DOS and for Windows 3.1
platforms? I am thinking
about picking something up for use on my 386/40.
For a 386/40, I'd say Watcom. Watcom performs some optimizations I'm too lazy
to do myself, such as warming the cache and using floating point registers in
interesting ways.
Of course, it completely depends on your target requirements. If you're
developing for an IBM PCjr like Mike Brutman is, you might want a compiler that
favors size over speed, or at least has that as a compiler option. If
portability with the OSS community is paramount, stick with gcc. If you want a
fancy IDE and symbolic debugger, go with Borland C and/or Turbo C. So, like
most answers, "it depends."
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