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Apr 8, 2013 · c++.exe is a traditional name for the system c++ compiler. g++.exe and gcc.exe are the names for the gcc compilers that compile for the "current system". mingw32-* versions are the names for the compilers that cross-compile to the "mingw" target.
For mingw, you want to download and install MSYS2. Using the builtin terminal, search for gcc pacman -Ss gcc. You can install gcc for "mingw32", "mingw64", or "ucrt64"; I always use "ucrt64" pacman -S ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc.
MingW is a windows port of GCC. MS-cl, Clang-cl, Clang++, g++, gpp. cl.exe is the name of the executable that actually does the compiling (and linking) for MSVC, clang-cl is just the LLVM equivalent. g++ is GCC's C++ compiler executable.
I do all of my development from Visual Studio using CMake. I can compile using MSVC from windows, gcc10/gcc9 from WSL or clang (can't remember the version) from the FreeBSD box. As of VS 2019 version 16.8 (10NOV20), MSVC is C11/C17 compliant.
Dec 15, 2019 · So if GCC can be installed and executed on Windows using Cygwin, why should we use MinGW? The first reason is that installing GCC over Cygwin is relatively difficult and prone to errors, whereas the installation of MinGW on Windows is very easy.
Nov 5, 2015 · The names are quite clear to me: cygwin32-gcc-g++ is a compiler for 32 bit cygwin. gcc-g++ is the basic 64 bit compiler (you probably must install this one). mingw-gcc-g++ is a 32 bit compiler for native 32 bit Windows.
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