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[edit] Pronunciation
What is the proper pronounciation for MinGW? Min-gee-double-u? ming-double-u? Em-in-gee-double-u?
Earnie Boyd (one of the project admins) pronounces it Min-gee-double-u if that helps ... (see http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4363554&forum_id=5119 and http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4363555&forum_id=5119 for other thoughts).
lol. Not knowing the origin of the name when I was using it, I always pronounced it "ming-whuh" (rhyming it with "lingua"). — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 20:52, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] LINK.EXE and LIB,EXE mingw requirements
Are requirements for LIB.EXE and LINK.EXE availability specified in library development section still actual?
No way, I removed them. --62.177.70.220 09:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Linux-like?
At the risk of sounding too much like RMS, I'm going to be semantic here. Shouldn't it be a GNU-like enviornment, versus a Linux-like one? After all, the G in MinGW stands for GNU. Linux is just a kernel, and as MinGW32 runs on a Windows system, it uses the Windows kernel. It has virtually no link to Linux other than Linux usually using a GNU environment. Mpeg4codec 18:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- The only mention of "Linux-like" I see in the article is with reference to Cygwin, not to MinGW. :) — Haeleth Talk 01:15, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Must have gotten my thoughts jumbled. In any case, I believe much of my above argument still applies. Cygwin strives to emulate the user space and library functions, which consist mostly of GNU software (userland, glibc, etc.). Considering that at least one other kernel that I know of has been combined with the GNU utilities (GNU/Hurd), I'd say linking GNU strictly to Linux is not entirely appropriate. In conclusion, I believe the article should be changed to note that Cygwin provides a GNU environment, possibly adding that it is in many ways similar to the environment found on most Linux computers.
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- To ramble on a bit further, wouldn't calling it a true POSIX environment be even more accurate? In the end, I suppose it's all just a matter of semantics.. Mpeg4codec 05:02, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
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- I happen to be of the same opinion, and wouldn't argue if someone were to change the wording here. The reason I used "Linux-like" here (at least, I think that was my doing) is that that's the wording the Cygwin website uses now. Probably because more people know what Linux is like than know about POSIX. :/
- (Incidentally, Cygwin's libc is newlibc, not glibc. Which actually makes it less like Linux, but...) — Haeleth Talk 16:50, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- I think my edit accomplishes both our goals :). Mpeg4codec 14:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Remove Distribution Notes?
The stuff under "Distribution Notes" should probably be removed... it belongs in some readme file, not in an encyclopedia. 72.201.244.179 03:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
