MinGW是指只用自由软件来生成纯粹的Win32可执行文件的编译环境,它是Minimalist GNU on Windows的略称。
MinGW,即 Minimalist GNU For Windows。它是一些头文件和端口库的集合,该集合允许人们在没有第三方动态链接库的情况下使用 GCC(GNU Compiler C)产生 Windows32 程序。
MSYS:Minimal GNU(POSIX)system on Windows,是一个小型的GNU环境,包括基本的bash,make等等。是Windows下最优秀的GNU环境。
MinGW, a contraction of "Minimalist GNU for Windows", is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), and GNU Binutils, for use in the development of native Microsoft Windows applications. Offered in easily installed binary package format, for native deployment on MS-Windows, or user-built from source, for cross-hosted use on Unix or GNU/Linux, the suite exploits Microsoft's standard system DLLs to provide the C-Runtime and Windows API. It is augmented by additional function libraries for improved ISO C-99 compatibility, and further, by community supported add-on tools and libraries, many pre-built, many more in the form of "mingwPORTs", to be built by the end user.