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What is mingw
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Basiclly
as @Cavin said
mingw is what you use to get a tool(s) you need to run your program.
- For windows
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@Saumya
Do you have a program the runs C++ or which ever language you are learning?
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@Saumya
I believe you do not have to deal with mingw for now.
I think VS includes a compiler when you install it.
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mingw allows you to download and install compilers etc. it really similar to Synaptic on linux.
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This is what you want
more detailed refferences
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinGW
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7790262/a-simple-explanation-of-what-is-mingw
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can you please explain with little basic? i am new to this
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visual studio
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I didn't have to deal with anything like mingw or gnu.
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when i knew about code blocks, then I started wondering what is it?
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