OT: how to port c++ to Windoze

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 08:32 -0700, 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.

You do not tell where you are porting from. Does it currently compile on
Linux? With gnu c++? If so, I would use the gnu compiler for the
Windows. I run gcc/g++ (MinGW) and all as a cross compiler on Linux to
make Windows DLL and EXE doodads. It works great. You can also get MinGW
to run on Windows and compile there. There is n Windows installer for
this on the MinGW site. My preference is the cross compiler. This way I
get Linux (ix86, ppc, arm variants) and Windows all compiled from Linux
Makefiles.

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