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GitHub - jart/cosmopolitan: build-once run-anywhere c library (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by edgerunneralexis@dataterm.digital to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Cosmopolitan Libc makes C a build-once run-anywhere language, like Java, except it doesn't need an interpreter or virtual machine. Instead, it reconfigures stock GCC and Clang to output a POSIX-approved polyglot format that runs natively on Linux + Mac + Windows + FreeBSD + OpenBSD + NetBSD + BIOS with the best possible performance and the tiniest footprint imaginable.

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[–] cyps@typemi.me 4 points 1 year ago

Never heard of this, granted I've never looked for something like it either. Sounds very interesting and seems mature albeit with a few platform specific catch's in the readme.

Anyone use this before? Thinking about checking it out for fun. I don't really have use for it myself but I am interested in the implementation.