Re: 4GL C Compilers for MS-DOS...

In article <5sP8XB3w165w@iowegia.uucp> s1heins@iowegia.uucp (Lee Heins) writes: >Does anyone know if you can use Watcom C with Informix 4GL C >compiler version??? We need to be able to interface with another >product (AutoCAD R12) which we need a protected mode [34]86 >compiler for... The Informix sales droids tell us that Informix >only supports the Micro-Focus C compiler, which is a real-mode I-4GL on DOS supports only Microsoft C (not Micro Focus, they do *COBOL*, not C) 4.0 or 5.1. 6.0 is also supported for real-mode execution only. Note that the fact that MS C is a real-mode compiler doesn't mean you can't compile for protected-mdoe *execution*. >only compiler, and is not supported by the AutoCAD ADS library (C >binding which allows us to write code that runs inside of >AutoCAD). We also need to be able to run things under the Phar >Lap MS-DOS extender, which is required for AutoCAD R12... Of The X.10.06 and 4.1 Informix DOS products use DOS/16M rather than Phar Lap. -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "The disparity between the treatment of Ron Brown and the treatment of Zimba (sic) Wood or Zoe Baird I think is rather dramatic." -- Patricia Ireland, NOW President, 2/8/93