Is cygwin really for me? (Need c++ compiler)

Andrew Sasak sasakand2@hotmail.com
Mon Jan 19 19:51:00 GMT 2004


I welcome any input I can get, to the list or to me personally. I figure 
there are many people here who have been exposed to other tools, etc, that I 
have never heard of.


>From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com>
>Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: Is cygwin really for me? (Need c++ compiler)
>Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:17:48 -0500
>
>On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 02:13:39PM -0500, Andrew Sasak wrote:
> >I've been a cygwin user for quite a while, but I still consider myself
> >a newbie.  I have access to Visual C++ 6.0, but not permanently.  I
> >want to be able to compile c++ code that I can easily distribute
> >without licensing problems (because I write software for a University
> >research lab, at some point may want to write shareware software, etc).
> >Currently I only need to compile for Windows computers, but I would
> >like to be able to compile, or at least write code that can be
> >compiled, on both Win and Linux systems.  For this reason I have been
> >using cygwin g++ with the -mno-cygwin flag.  Lately I'm wondering if
> >this is really the best option for me.  I would appreciate any input
> >that anybody can give me about different development enviroments,
> >compilers, etc.
>
>Whatever input you get, it will have to be personal email.  Non-cygwin
>compilers or environments are hardly fodder for this mailing list.
>
>cgf
>
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