#include <iostream><br /> #include <string><br /> int main()<br /> {<br /> std::string word;<br /> <br /> std::cin >> word;<br /> std::cout << word;<br /> return 0;<br /> }<br /> simple string program above won't compile with the OWSTL included with Open Watcom v1.4--v1.7. This is because OWSTL does not yet support I/O operators for std::string. The intention is to add such operators when the iostreams library is modernized. In the meantime you have to do I/O on strings using older methods and then convert the old-style strings to and from std::string.