[cfe-dev] libc++ on Windows (Rationale)

[Michael Spencer]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Fernando Pelliccioni
<fpelliccioni at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to compile LibC++ on WinXP (32) using MinGW (GCC 4.6).
>
> I've seen some extensions are used, as the "xlocale.h", which makes it
> difficult to compile in Windows using MinGW. No way to use MSVC.
>
> I wonder..., What is the goal of the creators of Clang and LibC++ in terms
> of portability? Is there any reason why Windows should not be supported? Or
> just a matter of time, is started by the Unix-Like operating systems?
>
> I would like to contribute to the project, to make Clang and LibC++, in the
> future, the default compiler C++ for almost any platform.
>
> Thanks and greetings.
> Fernando.

I too support this. There is currently no decent c++ stdlib for
windows (sorry MinGW, but you don't count for me).

- Michael Spencer