MinGW and Python

[Ross Ridge]

sturlamolden wrote:
> Cygwin executables are native windows ".exe files" just like MinGW
> executables. They are built by the same compiler, a port of GCC to 32
> bit Windows originally written by Mumit Khan.

No, Cygwin executables are built using a different port of GCC, the
Cygwin port of GCC.  The two ports are very similar, but the Cygwin
port is a Cygwin application.  That means, for example,  it uses Cygwin
pathnames instead of the standard Win32 pathnames that MinGW uses.
 
                  Ross Ridge