X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <482CB1DD.80002@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:57:49 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin = cross platform (one way)? References: <598236.59366.qm@web33506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <598236.59366.qm@web33506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Longyu Mei wrote: > I don't know if this question should be asked here or > not. > > I have a small socket server application running on > Linux. It uses Unix socket libraries and also do some > file operations. I am wondering if I can compile it > with Cygwin without any changes on my code? > > If yes, that means Cygwin is kind of tool to make an > application being cross platform from Linux to > Windows? So it cam replace ACE and Boost for those > start from Linux? > > Please just send your comments to me if any if this > question should not be posted here. It's fair to ask this question here but it is frowned upon to do so by replying to a message in another thread and changing the subject. Please don't do this. I think the answer to your general inquiry is: Whether Cygwin makes your particular port possible without any code changes is something you'll need to determine for yourself though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/