From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Chris Faylor)
Subject: Re: Is it possible to use cygwin32.dll using VC++
7 Sep 1997 23:40:11 -0700
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In article <199709041702 DOT NAA17467 AT tweedledumb DOT cygnus DOT com>,
 <ian AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
>>I have tried to port some small UNIX utilities to Win NT.. and it will
>>be tedious if rewrite them in WIN32 API.. but my boss insisted that I
>>cannot use 'free' compiler like g++.. :(
>
>If your boss won't let you use a free compiler like g++, but will let
>you use a free library like cygwin32, then your boss is seriously
>confused.
>
>>So is it possible to use cygwin32.dll with VC++?
>
>In principle, sure: a DLL is a DLL.  In practice, try it and see what
>happens.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that this is not possible without some work.
There are some GNU Cisms in the library that will need to be coded around.
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