Windows Build C development environment (Installation of GNU environment)

First, install the GNU environment on the Windows platform

Windows operating system does not own the GNU environment, if you need to develop a cross-platform C language program, then you need to install the GNU environment for Windows

Two GNU environments under Windows: MinGW and Cygwin

MinGW: GNU environment for Windows-based platforms

Cygwin: Compared to the Linux platform API made a complete copy, so Cygwin is relatively large, and in the Cygwin environment compiled programs run slower, because he will first to execute the Linux platform API, Then a mapping was made on the Windows platform, and a Cgywin environment was passed in the middle.

Windows Build C development environment (Installation of GNU environment)