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Eberhard Mattes eXtender (EMX)
Other names	emx+gcc
Original author(s)	Eberhard Mattes

Stable release	emx 0.9d / 1998; 26 years ago (1998)

Operating system	MS-DOS, OS/2
Type	Programming 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.

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.

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