OT: how to port c++ to Windoze

[Vu Pham]

On 07/31/2009 08:42 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:44 AM,<linux-sxs at sbmgarden.com>  wrote:
>> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>> I've got a text-mode (non-GUI) C++ project that I'd like to port to
>>> W******.  I know this is OT for this list, but I'm hoping somebody
>>> here has faced the same problem and can recommend FOSS tools to use on
>>> the target system.  Most of what I'm seeing on a search query is
>>> solutions that date from 2005, and I'd like to be reasonably current.
>>>
>> Cygwin?  that would mean using gcc/g++ and gdb, but should work.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Susan Macchia
>
> I could explore that, but first a quick followup: does this path allow
> me to create a standalone .exe executable for Windows, or does it
> create something that requires a cygwin environment?
>

IIRC, you have to have the DLL files from Cygwin besides the exe of your 
app.

I may be wrong, I used Cygwin only for a short time a few years ago.

Vu