Eberhard Mattes eXtender (EMX)
Other namesemx+gcc
Original author(s)Eberhard Mattes
Stable release
emx 0.9d / 1998 (1998)
Operating systemMS-DOS, OS/2
TypeProgramming environment

EMX (Eberhard Mattes eXtender; also known as emx+gcc) is a programming environment for MS-DOS and OS/2.[1][2] It allows creating and executing of 32-bit mode applications, presenting a POSIX API and, on OS/2, access to the OS/2 APIs.

Contents

The EMX package consists of:

  • The emx.exe program, a DOS extender, that allows running a 32-bit mode application in DOS and emx.dll and helper dlls in single threaded (for DOS compatibility) and multithreaded forms for running under OS/2.
  • A C library that provides a POSIX API, for use on both DOS and OS/2.
  • Additional libraries for OS/2.
  • Ports of the C and C++ compilers of GNU GCC, the GNU binutils, gdb, GNU make, and other tools for program development.
  • Tools for creating OS/2 shared libraries.

History

The latest version is emx 0.9d, released in 1998 and last updated in March 2001.

See also

References

  1. J. Martin and H. A. Muller, "C to Java migration experiences," Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2002. Proceedings. Sixth European Conference on, Budapest, 2002, pp. 143-153. doi: 10.1109/CSMR.2002.995799 online
  2. Eric S. Raymond (23 September 2003). The Art of UNIX Programming. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-13-246588-5. In the early 1990s, developers in the OS/2 community began to migrate to a Unix-inspired environment called EMX that emulated POSIX interfaces.
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