is better mingw or cygwin?

[Sandrino]

I want to set up mingw or cygwin to be able to compile my personal
version of gnu tools like emacs etc. My system is windows XP pro and I
wander what're the differences between mingw and cygwin and what is the
better set to install.

Thanks
Sandrino

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

I want to set up mingw or cygwin to be able to compile my personal
version of gnu tools like emacs etc. My system is windows XP pro and I
wander what're the differences between mingw and cygwin and what is the
better set to install.

Not a Perl question. Go to http://www.cygwin.com/, read, and make a choice.

 

[Tad McClellan]

I want to set up mingw or cygwin to be able to compile my personal
version of gnu tools like emacs etc. My system is windows XP pro and I
wander what're the differences between mingw and cygwin and what is the
better set to install.

What is your Perl question?

This _is_ the Perl newsgroup you know.

 

[Sandrino]

Not a Perl question. Go to http://www.cygwin.com/, read, and make a choice.

Sorry Tad and Sinan, I've posted in the wrong group :-(

Too much beer yesterday.

Sandrino