***BOGO*** Re: [Mingw-users] ALSA / libasound

["John Emmas" <johne53@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>
>> John Emmas wrote:
>>
>> In the comparisons with Cygwin it seems to suggest that Cygwin is the 
>> better choice for projects that expect POSIX compatibility.  I just
>> wondered if that's still the case?
>
From: "Brian Dessent"
>
> It doesn't make any sense to compare Cygwin and MSYS like that because
> they serve very different purposes.
>
> MSYS' only purpose is to port developer tools like perl, bash, autoconf,
> etc.  Those tools in turn are used in conjunction with the MinGW
> toolchain to produce native Windows binaries.  MSYS is not meant to be
> used to port abitrary user code that requires POSIX compatibility.  If
> you want that, you should be using Cygwin.  MSYS is only about providing
> a build environment for MinGW apps.
>

Brian - that's a very clear distinction which I found hugely helpful.  You 
should think about updating the Wikipedia article because your description 
would significantly clarify what's already written there.

Thanks,

John

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