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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
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       Windows is a much more problematic environment for building software   
       than Linux. Every decent Linux distribution comes fully supplied with   
       tools for compiling software, and they are all very similar in the way   
       they work, but Windows does not come with such tools. It is possible to   
       set up a good software-building environment in Windows, but it requires   
       either a substantial amount of money or a substantial amount of effort   
       and knowledge.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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