Re: is Vax addressing sane today

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:30:08 -0000 (UTC)
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> schrieb:
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Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> schrieb:

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I am currently in the position of needing to take some code
written for Linux/Unix and get it running in MS Windows.
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My attempts to use MSVC have been frustrating, because of some
limitations of that environment.  The two most prominent are
these:  long double is only 64 bits, and there are no integer
types of 128 bits that I could find.

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Depending on what you need to to, you can give MinGW-w64 a try.
It works either as a cross-compiler from Linux or on Windows using
msys2 or Cygwin.

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Thank you for these suggestions.  I have started to explore
mingw but not yet the others.  Is there a difference between
mingw and mingw-w64, do you know?

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One is a fork of the other, I believe.
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Also do you know if mingw
is compatible with MSVC, as long as long double is not used?

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I believe that Mingw-w64 uses the Windows ABI, but that is a
belief, not something I know first-hand;  I haven't looked
at the assembly.

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mingw64 tools are mostly compatible with Windows x64 ABI, but long
double is an exception.

That was my impression but it's nice to have it confirmed.

My thanks again to both you and Thomas.