From: Mikko Lehtonen <scoopr@...>
Date: 2006-07-21T15:10:57+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005?

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Nuralanur@aol.com wrote:
>> I guess this counts as a vote for MinGW :)
>>   
> Could someone remind me what it was that *can't* be built using MinGW?

  My only concern is the ability to interface with other binary-only
  code, especially c++ libraries.

  To tell the truth, I haven't even tried, so I'm not sure what
  problems, if any, there is with that. But I would really like if
  someone who knows his stuff to try out and convince me that it really
  isn't a issue.

  After that, I'm all for mingw! (though I'd hope they update gcc, even
  for only testing)

  And embedded (extension) developer suite would certainly be awesome!
  Either separate package or gem installable (maybe even have source gem
  for building the cross-compiler?)


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Mikko Lehtonen