From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: I want to migrate from VC to free Win32 compiler
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:51:16 +0200, "Jan Bares"
<jan DOT bares AT antek DOT cz DOT no DOT spam> wrote:

>I am looking for free compilers that can be used for professional
>development of Win32 applications.

I've had very good experiences with MinGW.
  http://www.mingw.org/

>When I look to djgpp, cygnus, mingw, I see lot of utilities and
>binaries that doesn't fit into this idea. 

What's wrong with MinGW?  If you need an IDE, there's always RHIDE.

>Is the main reason that those compilers are mainly used
>to port Unix applications to Windows?

Yes and no.  They are used to port _themselves_ to Windows (the tools
come from GNU, a very UNIX-like system), but they are also used for
native windevelopment.


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