MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils.
mingw ("minimalistic gnu for windows") is a port of the gnu compiler collection (gcc) and gnu binutils. it provides a complete open source programming toolset which is suitable for the development of native mswindows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any 3rdparty cruntime dlls.
mingw compilers provide access to the functionality of the microsoft c runtime and some languagespecific runtimes. mingw, being minimalist, **does not, and never will, attempt to provide a posix runtime environment for posix application deployment on mswindows**. if you want posix application deployment on this platform, please consider cygwin instead.
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