On 01/27/2013 02:48 PM, james wrote:
Anyway, this is getting way off track. The point is that the MS SDKs and
compilers are a bit of a mess and that MinGW support is useful because
we can't rely on them continuing to offer free SDKs and compilers in
future.
Well, more compilers are always useful, but complaining that Microsoft
might withdraw their working compilers smacks of 'what if?' paranoia.
What if mingw support for Win64 was (sometimes/often/always/still) a
bit rubbish? Oh wait ...
On the contrary, only a few months ago there was a far from groundless
fear that Microsoft would do just that. Following considerable outcry
they changed their mind. But this is definitely not just paranoia. As
for w64 support, the mingw-64 project exists more or less explicitly to
produce 64 bit compilers, including those hosted on mingw/msys.
cheers
andrew
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