Message-ID: <32B5F5A6.5E66@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:21:42 +0800
From: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Reply-To: leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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To: Ulrich Lauther <lauther AT cayley DOT zfe DOT siemens DOT de>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: porting c++ from unix to NT, djgpp or cygnus?
References: <591gbk$3sf AT salomon DOT mchp DOT siemens DOT de>
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> I need to port some plain vanilla C++ programs (no access to
> special hardware resources, no GUI programming, just computation)
> from Unix (Solaris, Linux) to NT 4.0.

If your program is using ANSI C, you won't have any problems. NT 4
only has a spew when you try to disable memory protection and the
like...

> Do I want djgpp or the cygnus port of g++?

You shouldn't need it if I understand correctly...

> And a related question: Is the repository patch (option -frepo,
> available since g++-2.7.0) incorporated in the djgpp
> distribution? If not, is it a problem to apply it oneself?

Ummm...I may be under a rock, but I have never heard of this... :)

Leathal.