Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:32:07 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Casey Corcoran <ckcorcor AT p5 DOT csrd DOT uiuc DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Nmake for WinNT 3.5 utilities
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Casey Corcoran wrote:

> I am working on a project to generate native x86 code from java bytecode. 
> The approach we are taking is to write a front end for djgpp.  It is my
> task, at this point, to become familiar with gcc and set up a development
> environment.  To date MSVC has been our platform of choice.  However,
> after looking at the sources and the makefile, I don't think it is going
> to be efficient to port the sources.  Instead, I think we can write the
> front end on MSVC and wrap a variant of the djgpp makefile into the MSVC
> project.

I disagree with that assessment.  From my experience, it should be
much easier to port your MSVC sources to DJGPP and then use DJGPP
throughout, than to try compiling DJGPP with MSVC (which btw still
doesn't solve your problem of compiling your front 


> It seems the fastest way to get this accomplished is with the Cygnus GNUPro
> package.  I'm sending them an e-mail asking for more information . . .  I
> would be interrested in your experiences (if any) with their port of the
> sources.

I don't have any real experience with the Cygnus port.  From what I've
heard, it seems that it is still in beta phase, not something you can
use as a ready production environment.