Re: [Mingw-users] glibc searching and sorting

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Friday 15 June 2007 23:03, Laia Manrique wrote:
> 3) I have found a solution to MY problem. It turns out that Cygwin
> does have a port of the binary tree search functions, which is
> totally consistent with glibc. Using Cygwin, thus, I can just take my
> code and compile it for Windows without a change :)

That's not strictly true.  You can compile it for *Cygwin* without 
change, but it then becomes dependent on cygwin-1.dll, and it will not 
run natively on Windows, without it.  This means that, if you choose to 
distribute your application, you must either:--

1) Distribute cygwin-1.dll with it, requiring you to GPL your entire 
application, and make full source available, or

2) Require your end users to install Cygwin, before they can deploy your 
application.

With a port of the required functions for use with MinGW, your 
application will run natively, without any such additional DLL 
dependency, and these restrictions can be avoided.

Of course, if the Cygwin distribution limitations aren't a concern, then 
the Cygwin solution may best suit your needs.

Regards,
Keith.