On 01/27/2013 02:48 PM, james wrote:
>> Anyway, this is getting way off track. The point is that the MS SDKs and
>> compilers are a bit of a mess and that MinGW support is useful because
>> we can't rely on them continuing to offer free SDKs and compilers in
>> future.
>
> Well, more compilers are always useful, but complaining that Microsoft
> might withdraw their working compilers smacks of 'what if?' paranoia.
> What if mingw support for Win64 was (sometimes/often/always/still) a
> bit rubbish? Oh wait ...
>
On the contrary, only a few months ago there was a far from groundless
fear that Microsoft would do just that. Following considerable outcry
they changed their mind. But this is definitely not just paranoia. As
for w64 support, the mingw-64 project exists more or less explicitly to
produce 64 bit compilers, including those hosted on mingw/msys.
cheers
andrew