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Re: MFC with egcs 1.1 (Was: MFC with CygWin)


Thomas Nichols <thomas.nichols@iname.com> writes:
> 
> What are the possibilities of an "MSVC compatibility" switch for gcc at
> some future date? Do the compiler writers have this as a stated goal? 

Very little. Not at present. (Not speaking for the egcs team, but mostly
from looking at who's doing what).

The only feature that will be integrated in the near future is the ability
to use COM objects etc (thanks to Antonio Mendes de Oliveira Neto).

The vtable layout needs to be changed significantly, in addition to what
Sergey points out, before MFC can be handled and there may be patent
issues as well. Note that MS essentially forces other vendors to pay
licensing fees, which is obviously not going to happen in GNU software.

Regards,
Mumit
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