Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:03:30 -0400 To: cygwin-apps AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: [cet AT carlthompson DOT net: Re: Extreme newbie here...] Message-ID: <20000609110330.A20405@cygnus.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i Is cygwin really "broken in recent releases"? Does anyone know why? cgf ----- Forwarded message from Carl Thompson ----- From: Carl Thompson To: Dave Hanny Cc: Cygwin List Subject: Re: Extreme newbie here... Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 00:23:40 -0700 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. (Cygwin did have the ability to generate Windows programs, but it is unfortunately broken in recent releases.) > Thanks! > ... Carl Thompson ----- End forwarded message -----