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> They weren't done with "Watcom C++ Rather Than DJGPP"; they were done
> with "the only decent 32-bit compiler out at the time." They were done
> with Watcom presumably because DJGPP 2 wasn't out yet.

Symantec/Zortech C++ generated 32-bit DOS extended code.  I have a lot of
respect for this compiler, even though it didn't really go anywhere in the end.

Borland C++ 3.1 could generate DPMI-using code (I think, I never use it).

Microsoft and Borland compilers could be used to generate 286 PMode code using
the Pharlap DOS extender (16 MB of memory, which was a lot at the time).

It wasn't a matter of lack of selection.  It was a matter of which one was the
best.  Watcom -was- a great product, until it was sold to Powersoft, and then
Sybase.  It started to go downhill with the 11.0 release.

Andrew

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