Hi,

At June 17, 2003, 08:46, YottaBlot wrote:

> Someone please enlighten me as to the reason Firebird is built with
> Microsoft's compiler under Win32. Surely a free compiler would be
> more sensible for an open source project?

> Is there something wrong with Borland's free command-line compiler
> (bcc32) ??

Paul answered this question. Also, the explanation still applies for
bcc32 version 5.5.

> I understand that debugging FB is considered easier in VC than CPP
> Builder (which uses bcc32), but surely build scripts for bcc32 would
> be appreciated by the open-source community? I know I'd really
> appreciate it...

Also, someone is working, maybe completed, so that Firebird can be
compiled with MinGW(open-source C++ compiler for Windows based on
GCC). I don't know the status on this, but you could probably ask on
the Firebird-Devel group on SourceForge.

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)