D with CygWin

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 18/11/2016 10:53 PM, unDEFER wrote:
> On Friday, 18 November 2016 at 09:40:25 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> Perhaps you should treat it as a port to a new platform.
>> So start with getting druntime going (which means recompiling it).
>
> No, no recompile. The idea is very simple:
> 1. The cygwin provides libraries
> 2. I can rewrite dirEntries() using functions from cygwin. The
> posibility is provided by D language and not by runtime.
> 3. Profit
>
> What I'm understand wrong? Why simple using of cygwin-libraries can
> require druntime recompile?

Cygwin is a massive platform, it isn't just a library.
It is a full port of programs, libraries and who knows what else.

Also you should read this, it pretty much sums up what I'm saying[0].

[0] https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.programming.msvcrt-and-cygwin