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by paul_manias
696 days ago
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I've been using MinGW and MSYS for Windows development since the early 2000's, mainly to keep the build process consistent with Linux. A couple of years ago I gave Visual Studio / MSVC a second chance and have stuck with it ever since. MSVC generates significantly faster & smaller code, doesn't require additional DLLs in the final build, and the C++ compiler behaves predictably. Critically it also works very well with CMake, so my build process is seamlessly aligned with Linux. The VS debugger is a major help too - gdb can do the same stuff, and there are UIs for gdb, but debugging through VS is just more productive and convenient. Times change! |
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