From: Ullrich von Bassewitz (uz_at_musoftware.de)
Date: 2000-11-17 17:01:20
Hi! On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:26:42PM +0100, Rene de Bie wrote: > I downloaded the snapshot, could you please help me. I need a GCC compiler > for Windows NT/2000. I looked on the web, but I didn't find a site where I > could simply download the compiler from. A DOS GCC compiler could do also. > Can you give me a URL where I can download a usefull compiler to compile the > latest snapshot? I would suggest using the MingW port of the GNU compiler. It differs from the CygWin port in that it does not try to port the whole Unix API to windows (which results in things like a multi megabyte DLL that is part of any created program). Instead it uses the microsoft runtime that comes with any Windows verson. It is much more windows like (accepts the backslash as path separator and things like that) and in general easier for windows people. See http://www.mingw.org/ for more information. Please note that I did NOT try to compile the snapshot with the MingW compiler, so I cannot guarantee that it works without problems. The latest snapshot does also need perl. ActiveState offers this for windows, have a look at http://www.activestate.com/. In general, if you don't use Linux (or any other unix like operating system with a lot of GNU software installed), you must be prepared to face several problems. Not only that software development is usually a lot simpler on Unix based operating systems in general, but in this case Linux is my primary development platform and I'm testing the other platforms only once in a while. If you get the snapshot compiled, I would be glad to hear about your experiences. Regards Uz -- Ullrich von Bassewitz uz_at_musoftware.de
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