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Re: C compiler for Win 95/98


[Christopher Faylor]
> MinGW uses DLLs just like every single other windows
> executable.

Yes, but those DLLs are part of Windows.  So the applications that MinGW
produces look like they run standalone.

> Cygwin is intended to provide a UNIX-like environment on
> Windows.

And thus should not be recommended to people who just want to compile C++
(or C, as the case may be) on Windows.

Stephan T. Lavavej
http://nuwen.net




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