Re: autoconf in pure MSVC environment?

[Andre Caldas]

Andre Caldas wrote:
> > Yes, compiling small test probes is valid on Windows.  The programming
> > tools aren't an alien species, they just have GUI front ends and
> > different different directory names and compiler command flags and so
> > forth.  Cosmetic differences, at least at the level of simple test
> > probes.  Especially, given that most projects people would consider
> > porting are already somewhat portable by design.
>
> Correction: ... they have *only* GUI.
>
> The application *is* in general it's own front end. There is no "front 
> end" concept. There are no command line options.
>
> If you see the definition of the entry point WinMain you will realize 
> that it was not created in order to allow command line parsing easily.