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Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] A Mingw32 runtime library independent of
	MSVCRT.DLL
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Kees Zeelenberg <kzlg AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
Cc: John Platts <john_platts AT hotmail DOT com>, mingw-users AT lists DOT sourceforge DOT net,
   cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 27 Jul 2002 18:21:06 +1000
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..

> In any case, Glibc has been setup to compile on different systems, and it=
s
> default version certainly can be compiled on Win32; the change to a true
> Win32 version of Glibc can then be made gradually by adding Win32 system
> dependencies.

Some very good points there. Another one to consider is that Reactos
(http://www.reactos.com) has already built an opensource C runtime that
is a drop in replacement for MSVCRT.=20

Rob


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