Re: build error for tcl8.4.14 on Windows Vista (using cygwin)

David Gravereaux wrote:
Tcl compiles as a native executable on windows. It doesn't need to be POSIX
translated thru cygwin. If you want that comfy GNU autoconf thing, MingW
(msys/gcc) is the way to go.

It should be noted that the msys/gcc code is only capable of generating
32-bit code. Though that's good enough for most apps... :-)

Donal.
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