On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:59, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> no, it doesn't give you *any* reasonable figures, at all! >> In fact, I am sure lots of people (a vast majority) are running Cygwin >> (or Mingw - a clone of Cygwin) apps on their Windows boxes without >> even realising this. Cygwin works quietly behind the scenes here. >> > > That is very interesting. When you say "a vast majority", can you > give an example of a specific application people are using?
One example I know about: R for windows is compiled using mingwin, but can be used without having mingwin installed. (It installs cygwin1.dll or something, b ut most people know nothing about that). Most people could care less about which compiler is used to compile the program they use! Kjetil That > could be good to know about. > > Also, from earlier in the discussion it sounded like it was possible > to make Sage-Cygwin be a one-step download, e.g. > > 1. Download sage-cygwin.msi > 2. Double click and click through an install process > 3. Click the icon for sage-cygwin and begin using Sage > > If that is possible, that would be fantastic. Up to now my > understanding was that one first had to download Cygwin and install/ > configure it, then download the Sage install and hope that it > cooperated with Cygwin on one's computer. > > - kcrisman > > -- > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > > -- "... an entire human genome would fit on a music CD." --- www.thinkgene.com
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