On Tue, 1 Dec 2020, Danilo Pecher wrote:
I would agree with Ralf on most points.
As for the 16 bit C-Compiler, I think Turbo-C fits that bill but acquiring
it legally requires a registration with embarcadero, so not exactly optimal
and not everyone is an old hack like me, who started coding in 1989 and
still legally owns nearly every Borland Compiler ever released.
What is with the OpenWatcom compiler? Does that need an extender too? Else
we're looking at a completely new project, and as much as I feel tempted by
it, such work would only make sense if there was enough interest and at
least a small group of people volunteering to work on it.
It requires DOS/4GW to run the compiler because it's pretty heavy.
A 16-bit Pascal compiler would probably be the easier choice to start with
as the language is better structured and easier to compile.
I dunno, C and Pascal are almost identical in how they're structured.
-uso.
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