> When going to a new platform, you'll always need to cross-compile. > But this is the same for any C compiler.
And, as Cygwin is simply another target under Windows, the Windows compiler is perfectly capable of "cross" compiling for Cygwin. In this case, "cross" compiling is streatching the term slightly, as Cygwin is another API that runs under Windows, not a seperate OS. The hardest part will be tweaking the RTL and working out which Cygwin DLL provides which section of the UNIX API. It's not trivial, but it's a far cry from porting to, say ARM from X86 or 68000 to PowerPC or from Linux to QNX or BeOS. At least your binaries should run under Windows without having to reboot, so long as the Cygwin DLL's are in the path. M _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
