Friday, April 04, 2008

MinGW entering it's prime?

I have a monitor on files that get released by the MinGW project and I just got a notice that the alpha release of gcc 4.3 for MinGW has just arrived. This follows quite closely behind a tech preview of gdb 6.8 for MinGW which includes a number of improvements to gdb for native Windows development.

I had almost given up hope that proper GNU toolchain support for native Windows development would arrive, but these recent events and the good work by the contributors of these works has reinvigorated my excitement.

Of course, these new packages will feed into the 1.0 release of Wascana Desktop Developer this summer. I am also working on a p2 based installer for Wascana to help keep users up to date with new releases of the toolchain and libraries. This all gives me hope again that Wascana will become a serious player with the Windows desktop developers. Which will also give our efforts at building a grassroots movement behind the CDT a healthy boost.
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4 comments:

  1. Albert Strasheim9:21 a.m. GMT+1

    Hello,

    I've said it before, but I'll try again: Wascana can become "a serious player with the Windows desktop developers" *right now*, if only it properly supported the Microsoft toolchain.

    Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to be rid of Visual Studio and use Eclipse for everything, but I want to use Microsoft's compiler and a debugger that actually works.

    MinGW is fine for many projects, but for serious Windows development, you have to be able to use the Microsoft tools.

    Cheers,

    Albert

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  2. Doug Schaefer5:27 p.m. GMT+1

    The reason I'm excited about gcc 4.3 and gdb 6.8 is that they promise to be as good as the Microsoft toolchain. At the least, it's getting close and has the momentum to get there. I think people will be surprised.

    And yes, I'd love to do an integration with the Microsoft toolchain, but that requires someone contribute a debugger integration. So far that hasn't happened.

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  3. bstarchev3:33 p.m. GMT+1

    Hi Doug
    Which program you have used to record the video in your webinar:
    “Developing C/C++ Applications with the CDT” ?
    I want to record in Windows things like this for my pupils!
    Boris Starchev
    Teacher
    bstarchev@ru.acad.bg

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  4. Doug Schaefer3:38 p.m. GMT+1

    That was done with some webinar software from Adobe. The Eclipse Foundation paid for it. It does look really good :).

    I've heard people have good experiences with a free product called Wink.

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