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		rbanffy on Nov 26, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A site for Picolisp, a very true Lisp I call it a feature. Cygwin is the first thing I install on a Windows desktop. At least it makes it look like a civilized environment.

mahmud on Nov 27, 2009 [–]

Mingw makes Windows civilized AND non-slow.

rbanffy on Nov 27, 2009 | [–]

MinGW is a compiler set. Cygwin gives me a full Unix-like environment on top of Windows. It's not an apples to apples comparison.

mikeytown2 on Nov 27, 2009 | | | [–]

Look into CoLinux, I like it a lot more then Cygwin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_Linux

cema on Nov 27, 2009 | | | [–]

That's MSYS in MinGW world.

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