From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e994501f4ce77c5e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-15 06:37:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: free Ada compiler ? Date: 15 Jan 2002 09:36:11 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0201141951.43f36960@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1011105614 1447 128.183.220.71 (15 Jan 2002 14:40:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jan 2002 14:40:14 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18930 Date: 2002-01-15T14:40:14+00:00 List-Id: "hongxun lee" writes: > A stupid Q: what's mingwin? i saw it very recently. Something similar to > Cygwin? http://www.mingw.org/ MinGW (the "win" was changed to "w" a while ago) is a binding to the Windows API, that uses POSIX-ish names. It lets POSIX-ish programs (like the Gnu tools) be compiled for the native Windows runtime, without any additional code. Cygwin is similar, but adds code to do some emulation stuff for pipes, file system links, and other stuff not present in the Windows runtime. So Cygwin can support a broader range of applications, but Mingw is lighter weight. -- -- Stephe