Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:42:30 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Mike Doyle <relyod@cooperationireland.org> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cygnus compiler? Message-ID: <20010703174230.X40756@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010703163827.0082e370@199.107.2.1>; from relyod@cooperationireland.org on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 04:38:27PM %2B0100 References: <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010703172715.W40756@lpt.ens.fr> <3.0.5.32.20010703163827.0082e370@199.107.2.1>
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Mike Doyle said on Jul 3, 2001 at 16:38:27: > The other thing it might be referring to is the "Cygwin" compiler > used to port unix utils to Windows. (A free compiler for Win32 environments) > > I don't know all the details, and Cygwin may or may not be based on > some version of GCC, but its certainlt available from the RH website > family. ;-) Actually, Cygwin is an environment, which includes gcc and other developer utilities for porting unix programs, and also a bash shell, various standard commandline unix utilities, etc. I've used it when I had no option, and it's quite nice: you get the user-friendliness of unix and the stability of windows :) (BTW GCC continues to have its copyrights transferred to the FSF so it's not really owned by Red Hat, though RH does pay several developers. I'm not sure about Cygwin.) R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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