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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why does C allow structs to have a tag?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:49:34 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 30/07/2021 21:10, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> On 30/07/2021 19:17, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>>>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> If you're using gcc via Cygwin, then all bets are off.
>>>
>>> It's not using gcc as a native Windows application, actually I don't
>>> even know if you still end up with EXE files rather than ELF, and I
>>> don't know what libraries will be used.
>>>
>>> Cygwin is an attempt to bring elements of Linux to Windows (along with
>>> MSYS2 and WSL). I would not count it as directly running a C compiler on
>>> Windows, and you can't really compare behaviour.
>>>
>> So use WSL instead of cygwin.   You can download it from the
>> windows store, in multiple flavors.   Fully supported by
>> Microsoft.
>
> This is actually pretty crazy, suggesting buying a new PC with Windows
> 10, switching OS pretty much, to solve an utterly insignificant
> non-problem.

Nobody suggested buying a new PC.

If your current PC isn't powerful enough to support WSL (the only reason
I can think of for you to bring it up), then you can either get a new
PC or not use WSL.  I have no opinion on which you should do.

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