[Mingw-w64-public] Example of COM server and client in C++

Hello, Please point me to a simple but complete, 64 bit, C++, non-gui example of a COM server and client. I know nothing about COM but hope to have access to the book "Essential COM" by Don Box within a week or so. Via google, I found this thread from six years ago (Sep 2008) "COM and ATL s

[Mingw-w64-public] [Wt-interest] Building Wt with mingw-w64 -- prefer Mingw-builds or Win-builds?

Hello Lists! Should I use Mingw-builds or Win-builds to build Wt? I am going to attempt to build Wt natively on 64-bit windows using mingw-w64. I am encouraged by Wim's comment in an earlier thread that it ought to be possible: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.witty.general/9973 Be