Top features you'll want to know about

Several useful features of MinGW software will be described in detail in this section. You will get detailed knowledge about the most commonly used GNU toolchain utilities, such as C++ compiler, GNU Make, GNU Debugger, and the GNU gprof profiler. Also the integration of MinGW software with several well-known GUI libraries and IDE systems will be described.

1 – Make utility usage

We created a simple Makefile in the previous section. Let's explore the GNU Make utility's behavior and the syntax of Makefile in more detail.

You can run the GNU Make utility from the command shell with the make command. It will search one of the Makefile, GNUmakefile, or makefile named files and start to build the first line target. ...

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