[LLVMdev] LLVM built on VS C++ 2005

[Adam Treat]

On Friday 18 February 2005 11:40 am, Jeff Cohen wrote:
> I'm not sure you understand the problem.  

I wouldn't be surprised :)

> Are you saying that a file 
> compiled with mingw can catch an exception thrown by a file compiled
> with VC++ when the two are linked into a single program?  That a program
> compiled with mingw can be linked against the VC++ runtime and *not* the
> mingw/gcc runtime?

AFAIK, mingw _does_ link against the MS runtime.

mingw32 allows "one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 
3rd-party C runtime DLLs." ^1

mingw32 "uses Microsoft's runtime (either CRTDLL.DLL or MSVCRT.DLL) for all 
services, and you get no more and no less than what Microsoft provides." ^2

1) http://www.mingw.org/
2) http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/x86-win32-ports.html