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Review on Open Watcom by Timothy Barnes

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Open Watcom - Open Source Compiler For C & Basic

The best part I love most was that it worked with my existing code base without too much effort unlike other compilers like Codeblocks which need to be recompiled when you add or change any library used by your project. It also helped me debug problems at high speeds than normal compiler because this would compile faster. There are so many options given but sometimes they get over powered by user. You have to learn how to work them well otherwise your compiling might take longer time than expected. If there were some good tutorial videos available online then definitely open source software will become widespread among developers community as people won't hesitate to try out anything if its Free! I think one major hurdle here was lack of video tutorials available online but now things look better after they introduced their own website called watcompilertutorials. com. They do offer great customer service even though it took around 2 weeks before i started getting answers back. This program has.

Pros
  • It also helped me debug problems at high speeds than normal compiler because this would compile faster
Cons
  • Some problems