[LLVMdev] Files to lib/System/Win32

[Jeff Cohen]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:48:55 +0200
"Henrik Bach" <henrik_bach_llvm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >From: "Henrik Bach" <henrik_bach_llvm at hotmail.com>
> >Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:10:29 +0200
> >
> >>From: Jeff Cohen <jeffc at jolt-lang.org>
> >>Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:25:11 -0700
> >>
> >>I don't know why you insist mingw isn't emulating Unix.  How else would
> >>you describe software that allows Unix source to run on Windows with
> >>little or no change?
> >>
> >>Would you ever use mingw to create software that runs only on Windows
> >>and never on Unix?
> >
> >As far I know, mingw isn't supposed to emulate unix. It's a free gcc 
> >implementation for Windows with its own header files to support the win32 
> >API and POSIX.1.
> >
> >MSYS on the other hand emulates the BASH shell and script functionality.
> >
> >Yes, If I want to write free software with a free c++ compiler to Windows, 
> >I would certainly choose mingw.
> 
> Here some examples to use gcc:
> http://www12.canvas.ne.jp/peters/colin/win32/hello.html

OK, I stand corrected:  mingw can be used to create honest-to-goodness
Windows applications using Win32.  But you're still using it as a Unix
emulator :)