X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 	tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_MSGID_LONG45,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL
X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <177639538.1271490300.163706808.27271@mcgi41.rambler.ru>
References: <177639538 DOT 1271490300 DOT 163706808 DOT 27271 AT mcgi41 DOT rambler DOT ru>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:25:23 +0100
Received: by 10.239.150.206 with SMTP id o14mr208505hbb.131.1271492724034;  	Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:25:24 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <s2r416096c61004170125q3fc47e01jbc0285e163df35e1@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 64 bit applications
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
X-IsSubscribed: yes
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

Andrew P. wrote:
> Mingw64 is for compiling x64 Windows applications.
> As there no possibilities to run Linux_x86_64 applications under Windows, so
> far as I'll try to compile they for Windows x64

What x86-64-specific applications are you talking about? The vast
majority of applications compile and run both on x86 and x86-64 Linux,
and plenty of other architectures as well, for that matter. If
anything, you're still more likely to find apps that work on x86 but
not on x86-64, rather than the other way round. So chances are, your
app will compile and run on Cygwin.

> (though it should lead to
> loss in relative productivity approximately on a quarter because of worse
> Windows architecture).

What? Do you mean because of the different APIs on Windows? Well, yes,
that would require extra work, although quantifying that as a quarter
a seems rather arbitrary.

Andy

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple