llvm dev - Sep 2004 - [LLVMdev] Files to lib/System/Win32

>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
>>
>>On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:46:31 +0200
>>"Henrik Bach" <henrik_bach_llvm at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > >From: Jeff Cohen <jeffc at jolt-lang.org>
>> > >Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:24:47 -0700
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >But there are some issues with System I'm going to have to
take care
>>of
>> > >besides using Win32.  There appears to be some Unix
assumptions like
>>the
>> > >presence of /etc or the HOME environment variable.  Neither
have any
>> > >true equivalent in Windows.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Will be fixed in a working LLVM on mingw.
>> >
>> > Henrik
>>
>>And how does it do this?  By emulating Unix.
>>
>>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

Henrik

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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 :)