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Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8?

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Celeros wrote:
> That is nice to know, but a stand alone build of gforth for 64 bit
> Windows 8.x would be very nice and lower the barrier to entry for
> curious folk.

I distribute all the cygwin DLLs you need with the setup.exe.  Or let's say 
"most you need", because writing your own bindings with libcc.fs requires 
GCC.

> Cygwin IMO is a heavy weight solution that most people on Windows won't
> put up with.  Personally I think it's great.

Yes, that's why the setup.exe is self-containing, and you don't need to 
install Cygwin.  We use Cygwin to build it, and to get POSIX compatibility.

> A nice MSI package that will install the latest gforth for Windows
> including documentation and a direct download link on the gforth home
> page would make it nice and easy for anyone to get started.

We have a setup.exe.  I've not looked at MSI installer package generators.  
Any suggestions?  Best if it is free as in free software (the Inno Setup I 
use to generate setup.exe is).

> The build for Windows should also be recent, and not the 2008 / 2007 one
> of 0.7.0 - people will just think it's old, non maintained stuff.

To be honest, the Gforth team doesn't use Windows.  Once or twice in a 
decade we do a full release including the packaging on Windows.  If a 
volunteer steps up and builds snapshots releases, we will certainly publish 
them.  We won't release slightly buggy snapshots of the current development 
system once per week just to keep those happy who want "latest and greatest" 
stuff just for the sake of it.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://bernd-paysan.de/

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Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Celeros <kerneels@gmail.com> - 2014-03-19 21:49 +0200
  Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-03-19 21:45 +0100
    Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-03-19 21:55 +0100
      Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-03-19 22:35 +0100
        Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Celeros <kerneels@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:01 +0200
          Re: Binaries for 64 bit gforth for Windows 8? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-03-20 22:25 +0100

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