alt Hacker NewsI wish open source projects would support MingW or at least not actively blocking it's usage. It's a good compiler that provides an excellent compatibility without the need of any extra runtime DLLs.
I don't understand how open source projects can insist on requiring a proprietary compiler.
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sitzkrieg • today at 3:48 PM
if you want to link msvc built libraries (that are external/you dont have source), mingw may not be an option. for an example you can get steamworks sdk to build with mingw but it will crash at runtime
quikoa • today at 4:58 PM
Agreed I also like to see more support for MingW especially from open source projects. Not even a passing mention in this blog post.
forrestthewoods • today at 4:50 PM
Eww no. MingW is evil and no project should ever use it.
Just use Clang + MSVC STL + WinSDK. Very simple.
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There are some pretty useful abstractions and libraries that MinGW doesn't work with. Biggest example is the WIL[1], which Windows kernel programmers use and is a massive improvement in ergonomics and safety when writing native Windows platform code.
[1]: https://github.com/microsoft/wil