Re: Windows Compiler Recommendations

From: Brian Genisio (BrianGenisio_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:34:20 -0500

Derek wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am taking introductory C++ in college, and we use MS Visual C++ in
> class. :-(
>
> I want to be independent from Microsoft (or as independent as I can be
> while developing on Windows!) Are there any good, easy-to-use GNU
> compilers for windows? What do you recommend?
>
> Thanks,
> Derek

Yeah...

mingw is a direct port,
cygwin is a POSIX port, which then ports the tools using POSIX.

mingw is faster and more minimal
cygwin has everything you would expect in a Linux distribution

Both have shells (sh, bash) ported to windows.

The Bloodshed DevC++ mentioned by the other poster uses mingw by
default, but it can be set up to use cygwin.

DevC++ is open source and cross platform, so the same development
environment can theoretically be used on many platforms (nice)

Good luck,
Brian

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