Question

I created a program in C++2011 that actually uses features of C++2011: mutex, unique_lock, condition_variable, future and async.

I’ve tested it on Debian Linux 64 bits box, and it compiles and runs like a charm.

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Now, I want to compile it for Windows.

I tried Visual C++ Express 2010, but it does not have support for the new features of C++. (The Beta for Visual C++/Studio 2012 only runs on Windows 8.)

I tried cross compiling with mingw-g++ (4.6), but it looks like these new features are not supported for the Windows target. (Although they are supported for g++-4.6 for Linux target).

Is there any (free?) solution as of today to compile a C++2011 program for Windows target?

Answer 1

I have not tried it yet, but this quote from the project site sounds promising:

“Builds support the following technologies:

OpenMP
LTO
Graphite
std_threads
std_atomics 

…”

http://code.google.com/p/mingw-builds/

hope this helps