-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to estech users on 10/22/2005 3:19 AM: > Dear all, > > Please can you enlighten me on why it is more > advantageous to use gcc rather that Microsoft > studio.net visual c ?
1) gcc is free, Microsoft is not (even if you can obtain a copy without paying money, it is still not free - you are not free to see its source code) 2) gcc understands cygwin, Microsoft does not - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDWlg784KuGfSFAYARAolKAKDFzdtj36otMFbizdKXzEXE48twHQCgmdCT Pzlma6ILmeUig5BIjwH8Tlw= =0iTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
