Looking for Basic Info - Hitmen and Jules Sites Seem Down...

EvilSporkMan · Post by **EvilSporkMan** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 9:17 pm

Could anyone point me to another site for getting off the ground on DC deving? Either that, or explain what exactly this Cygwin thing does...will it complile C++ source?

Sanchez · Post by **Sanchez** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 11:20 pm

Cygwin provides a unix compatibility layer for Windows. It essentially allows unix programs to think they're running in a unix environment even though its running on windows. You can think of it as a unix "emulator" of sorts, but its not quite the same meaning. It essentially translates the unix calls into the appropriate windows calls.

The reason its required for DCdeving on windows is for GCC and the associated toolchain...

discostu55555 · Post by **discostu55555** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:11 pm

http://www.hitmen-console.org/
hitmens site is up if you want more info

Oz · Post by Oz » Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:31 pm

Hanger-Eleven has an excellent step-by-step guide to installing cygwin and building the necessary evironment for dc development.

http://www.hangar-eleven.de/en/index.html