Linux-like environment for Windows

Mingw is a gcc compiler configuration that does without the Cygwin Unix emulation layer. Instead, it uses the Microsoft MSVCRT as its C library. If you want a Win32 native compiler without Unix support, this is for you

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.

It consists of two parts:

A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality.

A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel.

DJGPP is DOS-based GNU tools. DJGPP is a somewhat similar project that is concentrating on DOS-hosted tools.

Win32 Api Tutorial

1. www.winprog.org/tutorial/  Download Code
2. www.win32apicode.com/
3. http://win32assembly.online.fr/

IPC Tutorial

Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) Library: www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/reference/html/printro.html

IPC Tutorial: http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/