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Re: IMSL and cygwin
- From: René Berber <r dot berber at computer dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:36:52 -0500
- Subject: Re: IMSL and cygwin
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Dave Korn wrote:
[snip]
> Cygwin doesn't make windows understand native linux machine code. For
> instance, linux uses int 0x80 to access a syscall, windows uses int 0x2e.
> There is no way to reuse the raw binary code in the library by using cygwin.
> Cygwin lets you take standard linux source codes and compile them and have
> them 'just work' after recompiling, but it's not a cpu emulator. Sorry.
>
> Since you've paid money for this, your best bet is to install a real linux
> partition on your pc under dual-boot and use the library with linux.
No need for a real linux partition, use coLinux or VMware player (both free) and
run linux under Windows.
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René Berber
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