Re: [boost] gcc: timer patch, and ios_base workarounds

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-15 21:08:12

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From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
>  >[2] The official gcc / win32 test platform seems to be cygwin;
>  >I used the mingw32 port (www.mingw.org). Is there any interest
>  >in reporting mingw32 test results as well in status/cs-win32.html?
>
> What happens when gcc 3.0 ships?  Will we still have these variants?

Probably so, at least as soon as the variants can be ported by their
maintainers. Cygwin/mingw represents a difference in philosophy (make it
look like unix/windows ain't unix, dammit!) which probably isn't going away.

-Dave