There's always the Cygwin + gcc + duct tape solution.

ajasmin · on May 24, 2012

Mingw would make more sense than Cygwin as VC++ replacement. Cygwin is for porting over Unix code.

lucian1900 · on May 24, 2012

Cygwin+gcc isn't an option, and may no longer work in win8 anyway.

Mingw may work, but it's still not a first-party tool, and it's still not fully compatible to microsoft's compilers.

koenigdavidmj · on May 24, 2012

Why may Cygwin no longer work on Windows 8?

lucian1900 · on May 24, 2012

It's already shoddy on Win7, with all the emulation it does.

koenigdavidmj · on May 24, 2012

I use it everyday. Yes, it has quirks. Yes, it's slow. But that's not because of Windows 7; it's always been like that.

Is there anything new that Windows 8 is doing that will cause Cygwin to regress?