Re: Support for MinGW compilers in the Cygwin environment

[Earnie Boyd]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:09 AM, JonY wrote:
> On 10/23/2013 13:49, Daniel Richard G. wrote:
>> It's a situation where the two "platforms" are not all that different---
>> the system can run binaries from both---and avoiding the need to
>> rigorously cross-compile from one to the other is a big convenience.
>>
>> Obviously, Cygwin vs. MinGW programs is a different comparison from 32-
>> bit vs. 64-bit programs, but it's close enough to allow the same
>> argument to be made.
>>
>
> No close enough for you, stop this misinformation. You ARE already cross
> compiling, you cannot mix code from either platforms, even if they both
> run on Windows.

JonY you forget to mention that what Daniel is trying to do has
already been tried once and long since abandoned in favor of using a
cross compiler.  Remember the -mno-cygwin conglomeration of ugliness?

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