Re: c compiler for Windows?

[Matt Doughty <mdoughty@example.com>]

One might also look at lcc if you are looking for a good free compiler
for windows.

//Matt
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:28:00AM -0700, Jake Morrison wrote:
> Jc,
> 
> --- Jean-Christian Imbeault <jean_christian@example.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >There is a compiler project based on gcc called mingwin which
> > >builds executables which link against Microsoft's C runtime
> > >DLL's (msvcrt), which should be available on any recent
> > >target machine. I think that this code is now merged into
> > >the gcc that comes with the cygwin project, though it may not
> > >be the latest. So you may just need to play with the
> > >compiler settings.
> > 
> > Can you elaborate on that? I do have a mingwm.dll under the Cygwin 
> > installation but I don't know how to get gcc to link it into my exe.
> 
> I haven't tried it myself, but....
> I think you just use the flags "-mno-cygwin" and maybe 
> "-lmsvcrt" when compiling.
> 
> Have a look at
> http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/mno-cygwin-howto.txt
> for inspiration.
> 
> > 
> > >Another option might be to use Borland's C compiler, which is
> > >free (as in beer).
> > 
> > Did you mean a C compiler, or the C++ 5.5 compiler?
> 
> Yup, that's the one. If your C code won't compile with a C++
> compiler, you have other problems :-)
> 
> > 
> > I found the C++ 5.5 compiler for download but the site is closed for
> > the weekend (beer tap has been truned off I guess :)
> > 
> > >You might run into problems with socket stuff, though, in any
> > >case. Windows sockets are slightly different from traditional
> > >Berkley sockets. You may be able to find a cross platform
> > >sockets library that abstracts out the differences. These
> > >libraries are typically targeted at Microsoft's compiler, though.
> > 
> > That's *exactly* what I owuld like :) I like my BSD sockets and don't
> > even want to start figuring out how windows goes about it . . .
> 
> You might try SDL_net: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/
> SDL is a set of cross-platform game libraries that seems to be
> prety popular for open-source games. SDL_net is one component. 
> I am not sure how far along it is.
> 
> Another is SFL, used for the Xitami cross-platform web server
> http://www.imatix.com/html/sfl/index.htm
> This library has lots of nifty functions in it.
> 
> Or just look around on freshmeat.net. There are a number of
> cross-platform libraries there. 
> 
> > 
> > >I have used the ACE C++ framework
> > >(http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html) for this, but it's
> > >probably overkill for your needs.
> > 
> > Had a quick look. Definitely overkill, plus it seems to be C++ libs
> > and not C.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks for the help!
> > 
> > Jc
> >  
> 
> Jake
> 
> 
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