From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-19T13:01:55+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005?

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Is cross-compiling/linking with GCC on a GNU platform a viable third 
> option? MinGW tends to lag "real" GCC. Given that you plan a Linux 
> release of the One-Click Ruby Installer, could you save yourself some 
> hassles with a cross-builder?
By the way, the people who build R for Windows have a very extensive 
tool set. The build process, however, is complex, quite brittle and 
changes often. I went through it once (on a laptop dual-booted with 
Linux :) ) and I must say if you're good at following directions exactly 
to the letter, you've got at least a 50% chance of a successful build. 
Surely Microsoft makes something a little better than that. :)