-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
MK> -={ Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 05:54:02 +1000 }=-
MK> Hey Tony!
TL> Cygwin, etc
MK> I thought there was/is another similar set of ports of unixie
MK> opensource programs but perhaps that has fallen by the wayside. I
MK> forget now what it was called. Also this might be a good time to
MK> mention DJGPP which was a DOS port of gcc way back when. Also, also,
MK> the so-called 'hjl' branches of gcc and glibc which if I am not
MK> mistaken are the initials of a developer Microsoft hired to look after
MK> their opensource projects.
Cygwin has a fairly complete setup for Windows. There is also MinGW, which is
also going strong. Those environments are often used to make it rasier to port
*NIX applications to Windows. Cygwin does include its own version of bash.
... Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
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