GCC C/C++ application to run on Windows

[David Bendit]

Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:02:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm thinking of writing a small application that can run on both Linux and Windows written in GCC C/C++ that will utilize MySql running on Linux .
>>
>> Initially I need the application to run on Windows XP or Vista and connect to the Linux box to access MySql.
>>
>> Is it possible to write an application using GCC that will run both on Linux and Windows?? If so what should I be looking into?
>>
>> Is there a better approach? 
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Keith
>> ------------------------
> 
> It's not possible because Linux and Windows use different executable
> file formats.
> 
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Using some pre-compiler flags and logic, it wouldn't be too hard to
write code that would compile on both systems, though you cannot run the
same executable on both systems.

-David

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