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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDElibs/win32 merge: How to resolve followin issue..
From:       "Maksim Orlovich" <mo85 () cornell ! edu>
Date:       2004-08-28 16:20:39
Message-ID: 4637.128.84.98.57.1093710039.squirrel () 128 ! 84 ! 98 ! 57
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>
> No, it's MSVC...: not only me use this one (v 6.0), it's quite large

MSVC6.0 is pretty much beyond hope, IMHO. Just the broken for-loop scoping
is a disaster (IIRC, the #define workaround can cause problems sometimes),
and its template support is pretty much non-existing.

> user/developer base, also in enterprises, who like to simply use kdelibs,
> and
> compile them in 8 minutes instead of 2 hours, debug more easily, etc. :)
> ...
> Update of the whole environment to v7.0+ a) isn't free, b) can affect
> compatibility with other libraries, these are main problems.

gcc for mingw is free, and has Win32 API support.



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