Re: libtool and cl

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >
> > It used to be supported by libltdl, but when GCC implemented the
> > auto-import capability, Gary removed the support.  I think it was a
> > bad idea to remove the support.  There are plenty of reasons to use
> > the Microsoft compiler rather than GCC under Windows since GCC has
> > limited functionality under Windows.
>
> Limited how?

GCC does not support most of Microsoft's non-standard C & C++
extensions.  GCC also is not C++ ABI compatable with Visual C++. This
means that GCC can't be used to compile programs based on ATL or MFC,
which many Windows programers prefer to use over the base C APIs. I
suspect that GCC does not yet support compiling for Microsoft's .net
environment.

Bob
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