WINDOWS.txt: Notes towards using C under Microsoft Windows.

Whilst we are committed to supporting Windows, unfortunately Windows 
support is not complete at this point. Whilst there is nothing in the 
code that is specifically incompatible with Windows, it is entirely 
untested, and there may be a number of tweaks that Windows users will 
have to make in order to compete.

 = Options for Windows Users =

 - Install a *nix compatibility layer, such as Cygwin or MinGW, which 
will allow you to develop as if on Linux. This is *by* *far* the 
simplest route: everything should, in theory, just work. However, it's 
untested.

 - Attempt to use native Windows tools. If you choose to go down this 
path, note the following:
    - agents are compiled by linking c_link together with the agent 
source.
    - c_agents would need to be modified to use windows style paths 
instead of POSIX paths.
    - The externAgent wrapper may need to be tweaked.

Either way, be aware that the supervisor will spawn a *lot* of processes 
- up to 255 child processes. How Windows will cope with that, is, as 
mentioned before, totally untested.

 = Alternatives =

There are some alternatives to development in Windows that may be open 
to you:
 - If you are a CS or Engineering student at UWA, use Mac or Linux 
machines in the CS labs.
 - If you are a UCC member, use either our Mac or one of the Linux 
machines.

These environments, if available to you, are preferable to development 
on Windows.