[SDL] Why do I need a WinMain() if I include <windows.h> under cygwin but not if I use MSVC?

[Eric Lilja]

As the topic says...if I include <windows.h> in my SDL program written 
in C++ I need to replace main() with WinMain() for the linker to link
if I'm compiling under cygwin (using mingw sdl binaries). However, if
I use the same code in SDL with MSVC++ it works with main(). This 
annoying and it would be nice to solve it.

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