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Who we are

DINKUMWARE LTD is the premier supplier of Standard C and Standard C++ libraries -- the ones that accompany every conforming compiler. We're usually the first to implement additions to the standards, and we consistently score highest on conformance testing. We're the people to go to for commercially supported, top quality libraries that are portable across the widely used compilers and operating systems.

What we do:

We license our technology to a broad range of customers, who understand the need to replace less adequate existing libraries:

  • Individual developers, who need cost effective solutions for just one or two platforms.
  • Software development organizations, with just a handful of developers or hundreds, who need to standardize internally on the best library technology and who need reliable support.
  • OEMs who distribute our libraries with their products. Our existing customers range from the largest desktop compiler vendors, like Microsoft and IBM, through the most respected embedded compiler vendors, like Green Hills and Wind River, to enterprises that need to distribute just a few libraries per year.

How we do it:

We license binaries to individuals for several popular compiler/platform combination directly from our web site. Pay by credit card for immediate download.

We license source code to software developers with a simple fax-back signed agreement. Pay by credit card or bank transfer for prompt delivery.

We license to OEMs on a range of terms designed to fit your particular needs. Send us e-mail with estimated licensing volume and we'll help you pick the most cost-effective contract terms.

NOTE: For all our customers, we ask no additional royalty for the distribution of executables and shared libraries linked with our libraries, so long as the distributed products cannot be linked with object files to produce additional executables. We license by the number of developers per platform, not by the volume of distributed executables.

Why we're the best:

Dinkumware was founded in 1995 to license the libraries originally developed by P.J. Plauger. Our Standard C technology has been on the market since 1990, and our Standard C++ technology since 1995. Thus, we have an uninterrupted record of innovation and customer support dating back to 1990.

Dinkumware employees regularly attend C and C++ Standards meetings around the world. Some have actively contributed to the development of standards for decades.

We have a long history of pioneering technology that later becomes standardized. We're consistently among the first implementers to give feedback on proposed additions to the standards.

Most recently, we've made major advances in the testing and implementation of math functions, both floating- and fixed-point, real and complex, binary and decimal. Our latest libraries set new standards for accuracy, robustness, and portability.