MinGW : C, C++ Program Compiler - Offline Installer

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MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is a distribution of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils for use in compiling native Microsoft Windows applications. It carries along a set of freely distributable header files and static import libraries to enable use of the Windows API. MinGW can function either as a cross compiler targeting Windows or as a self-hosted toolchain which can be run on Windows itself.

Most languages supported by GCC are supported on the MinGW port as well. These include (obj-)c(++), Fortran and Ada. The GCC runtime libraries are used (libstdc++ for C++, libgfortran for Fortran, etc.). MinGW links by default to the Windows OS component library MSVCRT, which is the C library that Visual C version 7.1 linked to (the initial target was CRTDLL), which was released in 1998 and therefore does not include support for C99 features, or even all of C89; while targeting MSVCRT yields programs that require no additional runtime redistributables to be installed, the lack of support for C99 has caused porting problems, particularly where printf-style conversion specifiers are concerned.

These issues have been partially mitigated by the implementation of a C99 compatibility library, libmingwex, but the extensive work required is far from complete and may never be fully realized. MinGW-w64 has resolved these issues, and provides fully POSIX compliant printf functionality.

MinGW Feature Includes:

• A port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), including C, C++, ADA and Fortran compilers;
• GNU Binutils for Windows (assembler, linker, archive manager)
• A command-line installer (mingw-get) for MinGW and MSYS deployment on MS-Windows
• A GUI wrapper (mingw-get-inst) for the command line installer

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MinGW Standalone Setup (14.2 Mb)

Rating : ★★★★★ (5). Based on 11 vote. 8 user reviews.
Published by : Unknown on 2013-07-25T12:32:00+07:00
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