Unix Terminal in Windows

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jorpoveda

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Hello, can you please help me with an Unix terminal emulator for Windows? Maybe something where I can use a text editor and several compilers like gcc, perl, etc.

Thank you.
 
jorpoveda said:
Hello, can you please help me with an Unix terminal emulator for Windows? Maybe something where I can use a text editor and several compilers like gcc, perl, etc.

Thank you.
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If you want the *nix libraries through Windows, I suggest Cygwin.
 
Cygwin is an option, never used it though but learnt about it in my OS class. Windows's Kernel and linux/unix have different system calls so there is no way bash would work on windows, but something similar can be created, like fork() is to create a new process in linux, and the similar system call in windows is something like Createprocess etc.
The best option would be to use a proper unix/linux OS for the real thing.
 
Assuming you only need the terminal to compile some code, cygwin is a fine choice. As long as you're not doing any large scale projects with it, you'll be fine. No need to install linux for something so basic.
 
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