From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: cygwin
Date:	13 Aug 2002 13:21:53 GMT
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Nick Griffiths <nickg AT paradise DOT net DOT nz> wrote:

>     Im in the process of installing cygwin, and was wondering if there is
> anyway to sort of integrate djgpp with it, or are they rather separate
> entities.  I would kind of like them to be in the same directory so i can
> use djgpp with cygwin or is that kind of defeating the purpose of cygwin?

It is.  DJGPP and Cygwin are superficially similar, but truly
independent projects: one brings GNU programs to DOS, the other brings
them to Windows.  The fact that DJGPP's DOS programs run in Windows,
too, doesn't really affect that important difference.  

Mixing individual programs from these two toolchains in daily work is
sometimes possible, but it has enough quirks that it's not really
recommendable, unless you're quite a command line wizard, willing and
able to build your own crosscompiler toolchain to run in one
environment, producing programs for the other.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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