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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:03:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: Extreme newbie here...
To: Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>, Dave Hanny <dsh167 AT psu DOT edu>
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--- Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net> wrote:
> Dave Hanny wrote:
> 
> > ...
> 
> > I'm just looking for a free compiler, and I thought Cygwin was one.
> 
> Cygwin does include a compiler, but it is geared to be used with the Cygwin
> environment and DLL to port Unix programs to Windows.  If you are just
> looking for a compiler to learn to write Windows programs and don't need to
> port a Unix application, you would probably do better going with something
> else.  I would suggest going to http://winfiles.com and checking out their
> programmer section.  There are free IDEs you can find there suitable new
> programmers.
> 

And you might want to give http://www.mingw.org a look.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
            __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__
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           __Minimalist GNU for Windows__
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