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Windows targets supporting Cygwin and MSYS2.
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-A native developer *should not* use `*-cygwin-*` target unless they really know what they're doing.
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-They should use `x86_64-pc-windows-*` instead if they want *native* Windows.
+The `*-cygwin-*` targets are **not** intended as native targets for applications,
+a developer writing Windows applications should use the `*-pc-windows-*` targets instead, which are *native* Windows.
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+Cygwin is only intended as an emulation layer for UNIX-only programs which do not support the native Windows targets.
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## Target maintainers
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