Am Montag 25 Oktober 2010, 05:44:27 schrieb Yaakov (Cygwin/X): > On Sun, 2010-10-24 at 10:12 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > And: believe it or not, WIN32 and CYGWIN are _not_ in strong contrast. > > They've got so much in common, starting from the binary file format to > > all low level stuff that cygwin is never going to change. Live with it. > > The "low-level stuff" -- IOW the usage of PE binaries -- is about *all* > Cygwin has in common with Win32. Everything above that, including the
No. You have the same kernel under the skin and any software that has low- level parts thus needs to know that it is running on Windows, be it through the cygwin layer or not. How does it do that without the WIN32 define? > usage of *NIX/X11 vs Win32/GDI APIs is different, and that represents > the bulk of IF(WIN32) usage. And for the cases it doesn't? You don't throw away compatibility for "the bulk of ...". HS _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
