[Info-vax] Taking a break - Open Source on OpenVMS Conference Calls Resume in the FALL of 2022...

[Chris Townley]

On 17/06/2022 14:33, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 6/17/2022 9:18 AM, chris wrote:
>> On 06/16/22 21:55, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 6/15/2022 8:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> The Cygwin approach of providing core Unix compatibility functionality
>>>> in a library and then building Unix applications against that library
>>>> would indeed appear to be the best approach for VMS, given that it has
>>>> been a major success story on Windows and has provided us with a rich
>>>> Unix userland environment on Windows.
>>>
>>> *nix compatibility is definitely a good thing.
>>>
>>> But a few comments.
>>>
>>> 1) Cygwin is not a success on Windows. It is a great thing, but
>>> it has not gotten mainstream for Windows development and
>>> its use is pretty rare.
>>
>> It's definately a success for those  who need its functionality. As
>> a developer, it allows me to run X under cygwin on windows and
>> to access a whole myriad of useful apps and as much of a unix like
>> environment as needed. For those who must use windows, cygwin
>> adds so much functionality, and unlike some offerings, it's quite
>> lightweight in resource usage as well.
>>
>> I know uSoft have a linux environment package for windows, but
>> they really are a bit late to the game. Cygwin don't make a big
>> noise in publicity terms, but it just gets the job done...
> 
> I like Cygwin. I have always had it on my Windows PC's for more
> than 2 decades. I don't use that much of it and I never use
> bash, but I like many of the utilities.
> 
> But if you look at what software for Windows is being build
> with then MSVC++ is by far the majority and number two is
> GCC mingw*. GCC cygwin is a niche.
> 
> For whatever reason the average Windows + *nix developer
> seem to prefer #ifdef'ing and building with either MSVC++
> or GCC mingw* instead of GCC cygwin.
> 
> As a data point with significant impact look at
> Boost.
> 

Have you looked at Windows Subsystem for Linux as an option?


-- 
Chris