Do you know of a good c or c++ compiler for making OSes?

Ben321 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:27 am **Posts:** 1

Preferably one that will run in 32bit Windows, but output 16bit code. I don't want to have to do all the programming in DOS.

Octocontrabass · **Joined:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:01 pm **Posts:** 5146

Why do you want 16-bit code? There are several different compilers that can produce "16-bit code", but whether they'll work for you depends on what you're trying to do...

iProgramInCpp · **Joined:** Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:39 am **Posts:** 76

Clang and GCC are perfectly fine compilers that are being used to develop OSes. However, they don't output 16-bit code unless you specifically hack them to do so.

Why exactly do you want a compiler that outputs 16-bit code? What is the purpose? This gives vibes of the XY problem.
You don't need to write code that runs on 16-bit x86 to write an OS. That period is long gone.

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