From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: I want to migrate from VC to free Win32 compiler Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <8it5kn$2rrn$1 AT news DOT vol DOT cz> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 X-Trace: /KDWjZT5G7eNN5JTMHXAZSmKsvZAdd6Niszt+M26i+4VOWwImRk6cubnn/a3+rfFabqCQmX4+nJc!r21DJEVn1w7dmNevDJYoqXYKMIpvflYOz4E7B/L+MiqVYbQlmsTk3fIbtrXD7DxajnxmZX07cdI7!SaYH X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:29:49 GMT Distribution: world Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:29:49 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:51:16 +0200, "Jan Bares" wrote: >I am looking for free compilers that can be used for professional >development of Win32 applications. I've had very good experiences with MinGW. http://www.mingw.org/ >When I look to djgpp, cygnus, mingw, I see lot of utilities and >binaries that doesn't fit into this idea. What's wrong with MinGW? If you need an IDE, there's always RHIDE. >Is the main reason that those compilers are mainly used >to port Unix applications to Windows? Yes and no. They are used to port _themselves_ to Windows (the tools come from GNU, a very UNIX-like system), but they are also used for native windevelopment. -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/