Hi Paul,

On 13 Feb 15 19:54, Paul Hayton wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Re: Binkd":

 Wv>>  Wv>>> binkd11a69-msvc-4gb-ipv6-static-perl-zlib-bzlib2.zip
 Wv>>  Wv>>> binkd11a69-msvc10-4gb-ipv6-static-perl-zlib-bzlib2.zip

 PH> What's the difference between mscv and mscv10?

My guess is that msvc10 is compiled with a newer msvc against some newer
libraries/dlls, so only works on the newer windows. What exactly 'newer' is
here I don't know. ;)

 Wv>>  Wv>>> binkd11a69-mingw32-ipv6-perldl.zip

 PH> Do you know what this one is?

That one is compiled with the opensource mingw32 compiler. Why it's needed
besides the msvc versions I don't know.

The faq could use an update in this regard. It has some info about the
different versions:

    Windows (32bit) versions:
    binkd.exe, binkdw32.exe - binkd/w32, console, compiled by MS Visual C
    binkd-dll.exe   - binkd/w32, console, MS Visual C, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd-mingw.exe - binkd/w32, console, MinGW32, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd9x.exe     - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, compiled by MS Visual C
    binkd9x-dll.exe - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, MS Visual C, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd9x-mingw.exe - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, MinGW32, needs msvcrt.dll

    OS/2 versions:
    binkd2.exe   - Watcom C compiler, no Perl
    binkd2e.exe  - emx, can load the Perl dll and can work without it
    binkd2pl.exe - emx, Perl is liked staticly (i.e. no need in a Perl dll)
    binkd2eo.exe - emx/omf (multithreaded), no Perl.

But that list doesn't seem to agree with the current list on the download site.

Max Vasilyev should be able to clear this up!?


Wilfred.

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