[LLVMdev] Re: Still can't compile backend or frontend on, Windows

[Jeff Cohen]

Chris Lattner wrote:

> Actually it is much simpler than that.  If you are willing to install 
> 'gas' on your windows box (part of cygwin, for example), you can use 
> our native backend, with tail calls etc.  Being able to emit windows 
> .o files directly only eliminates the need to have gas installed.
>
Well, the theory is that if you're using VC++, you do not have the GNU 
tool chain installed nor are you particularly interested in installing 
it.  Also, Windows doesn't have .o files; it has .obj files :)