OT: how to port c++ to Windoze

[linux-sxs at sbmgarden.com]

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?
> 
> ++ kevin

At another company that I worked for our project came from a DEC alpha 
environment, then ported to Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.  The easiest way 
to get there was to build using cygwin given that our build system was 
*nix based.  We deployed a standalone exe (with some Windows dlls that 
we needed specific versions of).  We didn't deliver any cygwin dlls.

We used the Intel compiler though so I'm not sure if that makes a 
difference.  It would be simple/easy to create a hello-world app and try it.

Good luck!

--Susan