Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Experimental C Build System Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:33:04 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 21 Message-ID: <87o7cpcg5b.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <874jektfn0.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87ttmkrxdv.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <877cjfrx0p.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <871q9msxxd.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87jzneqwqg.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20240209084620.832@kylheku.com> <20240209103252.434@kylheku.com> <20240209133810.84@kylheku.com> <87ttmhciii.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b6abb86f0f3816027ad8c34cf97d3ff"; logging-data="3011471"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/HRHXaGEMpE9nbkPU0Ijml" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:e50z9+dumo/25TXd8yIWhInMjCY= sha1:UrBH+gZ5XbFr/2iEw4Z25PTSd0A= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:382251 comp.unix.programmer:15433 bart writes: > On 09/02/2024 23:41, Keith Thompson wrote: [...] >> I use a lot of programs that happen to rely on a POSIX interface. >> Cygwin lets those programs run under Windows. > > Run or build? If you have a binary, then having a way to run that on a > different OS under some emulation layer is fair enough. Cygwin deons't run Linux binaries, but Cygwin has development tools (gcc et al) similar to what's typically available on Linux. Cygwin is not a Linux emulation layer. It's a POSIX environment running under Windows. See , particularly the "What..." section at the top. [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com Working, but not speaking, for Medtronic void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */