[Tutor] Re: Curious newbie

[Einar Th. Einarsson]

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On Tuesday 23 July 2002 13:52, Marc wrote:
> Derrick 'dman' Hudson (dman@dman.ddts.net) wrote:
> > Actually, just to be pedantic, the C compiler generates a file which
> > still needs a runtime environment and "interpreter" to run.
>
> [...snip...]
>
> >  The only difference is the C runtime (for that OS, namely
> > 'libc.so' or 'msvcrt.dll') is bundled with the OS and so people tend
> > not to see the simlarities.
>
> Great Dman!
> You just turn on a light the size of moon over my head...
> What if some good brave soul do a libc for windows?
> Better yet, a msvcrt.dll for linux so that we could run/develop for windo=
ws
> from linux.
> Man, that would be just great.

As someone who has been doing exactly that, I cuncurr ;)
The C-libraries have become pretty standard over the years, so if one follo=
ws=20
said standard the c code will compile with any complient compiler on any=20
complent os. If you're interested in doing Windows programming on linux,=20
check out cygwin or mingw; they both offer cross-platform c/c++ tools.

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CONGRESS.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/n)?

Yours etc.
    Einar Th.
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