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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:30:08 -0000 (UTC)
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> schrieb:
> > Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
> >  
> >> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> schrieb:  
> > [...]  
> >>> I am currently in the position of needing to take some code
> >>> written for Linux/Unix and get it running in MS Windows.
> >>>
> >>> 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.  
> >>
> >> 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.  
> >
> > 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?  
> 
> One is a fork of the other, I believe.
> 
> >Also do you know if mingw
> > is compatible with MSVC, as long as long double is not used?  
> 
> 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.

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