What is mingw

Answer 1

Basiclly

as @Cavin said

mingw is what you use to get a tool(s) you need to run your program.

- For windows

Answer 2

@Saumya

Do you have a program the runs C++ or which ever language you are learning?

Answer 3

@Saumya

I believe you do not have to deal with mingw for now.

I think VS includes a compiler when you install it.

Answer 4

mingw allows you to download and install compilers etc. it really similar to Synaptic on linux.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

can you please explain with little basic? i am new to this

Answer 7

visual studio

Answer 8

I didn't have to deal with anything like mingw or gnu.

Answer 9

when i knew about code blocks, then I started wondering what is it?