Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 16:52:53 GMT
From: Martin AT snsystems DOT co DOT uk (Martin Day)
Reply-To: Martin AT snsystems DOT co DOT uk
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: g++ for NT
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In message <9503312036 DOT AA00971 AT massive DOT sybgate DOT sybase DOT com> Cameron Carson writes:
> 
> I need to get g++ for NT (486 and Pentium).  Is DJGPP the solution?  I
> see NT mentioned briefly in one of the "readme" files on oak.oakland.edu,
> but it's not clear to me that it is really a supported, or, rather, an
> "intended" platform. 
> 
> I'm told that I can go ahead and compile gcc/g++ using Visual C++, but that
> some backend tweaks are needed to actually get it to work.

I have a (slightly off topic) question regarding the GNU licence :

If I build a gnu C compiler with Microsoft Visual C++ is it legal to
distribute the executables given that I can't distribute the source
of the Microsoft libraries that have been linked in ?

TIA for any advice.

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Martin                                         martin AT snsystems DOT co DOT uk