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Re: open watcom compiling gcc on win32
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:00:51AM +0000, Marcel Cox wrote:
> Edward S. Peschko wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if open-watcom could be used to compile gcc on
> > win32... I was hoping to do so under cygwin..
> >
> > If so, what are the steps for doing so? If not, what's the preferred
> > compiler for building gcc on win32?
>
> You should take a look at the Mingw32 project which is a native GCC
> port to win32 platforms:
>
> http://www.mingw.org/
>
well, that's the point -
I need a compiler that can link with VC++ dlls *and* compile the gnu toolchain.
Right now, both python and perl are split into two 'personalities' : you can either
compile modules *for* win32 or modules *for* unix, but you can't do both
and hope to have them play well together.
Plus, certain third-party APIs don't work well with mingw - well, pretty much all
third-party APIs don't work well because they are all compiled for Borland
or VC++. And COM just plain sucks - most tool people assume that you have
VC++ or Borland.
So, as far as I see it, watcom is the only viable choice for what I want to do.
And if I could compile gcc with watcom, I could pretty much compile anything gnu-like.
Ed