On 2012-01-30, at 5:13 PM, Bradley Lucier wrote:
Marc:
I have a student who's downloaded the Visual C Gambit package for Windows; the Gambit 4.6.3 compile script calls cl.exe, but this page
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9s7c9wdw%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
(found doing a google search for cl.exe) says that this script is available only on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.
He's running Windows 7.
I see no reason why the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler wouldn't run on Windows 7. That's the OS I use to build the Windows installer.
He's willing to install MinGW and see how that works on his box, but do you need to update the Visual C compiler version of Gambit?
The gcc compiler in MinGW compiles faster than cl.exe and it generates faster code. If your students wants fast code it is a good idea to install MinGW.
Marc