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Mingw-w64 v8.0.0 finally puts to rest the long-standing and irritating
issues with __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO. As other distributions update they
will be on par with w64devkit on this point.

Msys2 supports optional static linking, and it does this well (though
optimized for speed, not size).
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w64devkit is a Dockerfile that builds from source a small, portable
development suite for creating C and C++ applications on and for x64
Windows. **It is the highest quality native toolchain for C, C++, and
Fortran currently available on Windows.**
Windows. It is the highest quality native toolchain for C, C++, and
Fortran currently available on Windows.
Included tools:
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To start an interactive unix shell:
busybox sh -l
sh -l
## Best of class
What makes w64devkit the best? It is the *only* production-grade, native
What makes w64devkit the best? It is the only production-grade, native
toolchain for Windows which:
* Does not require installation. Run it anywhere as any user.
* Does not require internet access during installation. The installers for
other toolchains are actually downloaders, and so must be online for at
least part of their installation process.
other toolchains are actually downloaders, or otherwise call home, and
so must be online for at least part of their installation process.
* Supports C99 by default. The others have incomplete support or require
It's one of a few that:
* Supports C99 by default. Most others have incomplete support or require
esoteric configurations in order to enable it.
It's the only MinGW / Mingw-w64 distribution that produces binaries that
do not depend on extra runtime DLLs. You will never need to distribute a
DLL with your binary unless you explicitly choose to do so.
* It's one of the few that supports static linking for the entire runtime.
Finally it's by far the easiest toolchain to bootstrap, meaning it's the
easiest to tweak and adjust for your own requirements.
## Optimized for size
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I'd love to include Git, but unfortunately Git's build system doesn't
quite support cross-compilation, and it's hostile to installation-free
.zip distribution (lots of symlinks). A decent backup solution would be
[Quilt][quilt], but it's written in Perl.
[Quilt][quilt], but it's written in Bash and Perl.
What about sanitizer support? That would be fantastic, but unfortunately
libsanitizer [has not yet been ported from MSVC to Mingw-w64][san]