ows platform.
The source code is identical to the UNIX NTL distribution;
only the packaging is slightly different.
The config.h and mach_desc.h files are geared towards
Windows and the MSVC++ compiler.

<p>
<b>Windows Users:</b>
you should consider using a Unix emulation environment like
<a href="https://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a>
or
<a href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a>, 
instead of 
Microsoft development tools.
<p>
Why?
<ul>
<li>
These environments use gcc, which generally adheres closer to language
