Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:08:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Casey Corcoran <ckcorcor AT p5 DOT csrd DOT uiuc DOT edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Nmake for WinNT 3.5 utilities
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Please explain a bit more about the reason which led you to believe
> that porting DJGPP to MSVC is the way to go.
> 

I am working on a project to generate native x86 code from java bytecode. 
The approach we are taking is to write a front end for djgpp.  It is my
task, at this point, to become familiar with gcc and set up a development
environment.  To date MSVC has been our platform of choice.  However,
after looking at the sources and the makefile, I don't think it is going
to be efficient to port the sources.  Instead, I think we can write the
front end on MSVC and wrap a variant of the djgpp makefile into the MSVC
project. 

That leads me back to compiling djgpp on a WinNT 4 workstation . . .  It
seems the fastest way to get this accomplished is with the Cygnus GNUPro
package.  I'm sending them an e-mail asking for more information . . .  I
would be interrested in your experiences (if any) with their port of the
sources.

Anyway, thank you for your help.  Your input has been extremely valuable!

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