Getting Free Compilers
GCC is freely available under terms of the GNU Public License (GPL) and is included on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book. The GPL places no restrictions on what you can do with your own executables. The version that is included on the CD-ROM is version 2.95.2, the Mingw32 edition (which is short for Minimal GNU Win32.) This edition contains all the header files and import libraries for working with both text-based and GUI Windows applications. Unlike with the better-known Cygwin, with Mingw32, programs are dependent only on the standard Microsoft runtime dynamic link library (DLL) MSVCRT40.DLL and are freely distributable.
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