On Tuesday 14 May 2002 11.09, Eddie Howson wrote:
Does anyone know of a linux clone? I want to compile some code that was written using Ms Visual C++, on my linux machine. Is this possible or am I barking up the wrong tree?
It depends on what the code looks like. If it was written using MFC you're in for some porting work. If it's C++ à la Soustroup it should probably compile as is. There are a few articles on porting MFC programs using various toolkits http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-mfc/ is one from IBM. It might also be possible using a combination of ingenuity and wine (possibly both kinds :). I know you get the source for the MFC wrapper classes along with MSVC++, it just might be possible to compile against wine using them, but I haven't tried it. It is one of the stated goals of the wine project (www.winehq.com) though. regards Anders