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@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Windows, while `long' on 64 bit Cygwin is 8 bytes.</para>
ReadFile (HANDLE, LPVOID, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPOVERLAPPED);
</screen>
-<para>In the 32 bit Cygwin and Mingw environments, as well as in the 64 bit
-Mingw environment, it is no problem to substitute DWORD with unsigned
+<para>In the 32 bit Cygwin and Mingw-w64 environments, as well as in the 64 bit
+Mingw-w64 environment, it is no problem to substitute DWORD with unsigned
long:</para>
<screen>
@@ -478,14 +478,10 @@ as well as the User's Guide section
<question><para>How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?</para></question>
<answer>
-<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw-gcc</literal>,
-<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal>, and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal>
-packages link against standard Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is
-desirable for native Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
-</para>
-<para>This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for Windows),
-which is a completely separate effort. That project's home page is
-<ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/index.shtml"/>.
+<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal> and
+<literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal> packages link against standard Microsoft
+DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native Windows programs that
+don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
@@ -549,7 +545,7 @@ have our own Win32 headers which are pretty complete.
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.programming.msvs-mingw">
-<question><para>How do I use <literal>cygwin1.dll</literal> with Visual Studio or MinGW?</para></question>
+<question><para>How do I use <literal>cygwin1.dll</literal> with Visual Studio or Mingw-w64?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Before you begin, note that Cygwin is licensed under the GNU GPL (as