llvm-mingw
zig
llvm-mingw | zig | |
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15 | 816 | |
1,638 | 30,773 | |
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8.8 | 10.0 | |
3 days ago | 1 day ago | |
C | Zig | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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llvm-mingw
- Crystal 1.11.0 Is Released
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Ask HN: Who is using the D language and likes/doesn't like it? Why?
> Doing Python with a C plugin, or just compiling a command line C/C++ isn't really systems programming.
I care about a minimal set of tools in order to compile C/C++ programs. thats offered by:
https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases
and also MSYS2, and even the Zig C compiler. all less than 200 MB. meanwhile Visual Studio installing about 10 GB worth. If Microsoft can offer a similar experience then I am interested.
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Clang compiler for Windows 10 gives this error
Pick a community-supported Clang-based Mingw-w64 distribution.
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My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things your modern iPhone still can't do
> AFAIK there is no native GCC compiler for Windows
might want to check your facts before spouting nonsense. there is, and has been for many, many years. more than one in fact:
https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-gcc
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Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 5 (Yes, the pace is picking up!)
MinGW is notoriously slow to link compared to MSVC, unless using llvm-mingw with the link=lld SCons option. If using MSVC, make sure to use 2022 or at least 2019 if possible – recent linkers tend to be faster than older versions.
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Toolchain for cross-compiling DLL to windows/arm64
GCC doesn't support windows/arm64, but you should be able to do it with LLVM. I've never gotten it to work myself, but should be able to supply a cross toolchain: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
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Ask HN: Programming Without a Build System?
Visual Studio is a bloated mess, and has been for many years. Its at least 10 times larger than other options, such as MinGW-LLVM:
https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
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Because cross-compiling binaries for Windows is easier than building natively
Sadly Qt ships MinGW 8.1 which is positively ancient (released in 2018). If you're starting a new project (which you likely are if you are installing an IDE aha) there's no reason not to go for more recent compilers - msys2 has GCC12 (https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc) and Clang 14 (https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-clang) which just work better overall, have much more complete C++20 support, have less bugs, better compile times (especially clang with the various PCH options that appeared in the last few versions), better static analysis, etc.
Personally I use https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw's releases directly which does not require MSYS but that's because I recompile all my libraries with specific options - if the MSYS libs as they are built are good for you there's no reason not to use them.
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Some sanity for C and C++ development on Windows
you can grab it here: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases/tag/20211002
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The Atrocities of COM win32 headers
Clang (and lld) do support native TLS, and mingw-w64 does have the things that are needed. I think binutils also might have what's needed too, but AFAIK the thing that's missing is support for it in GCC.
Actually, (upstream) Clang defaults to native TLS instead of emulated TLS. In MSYS2, Clang is overridden to use emulated TLS by deafult to interoperate better with GCC built code and libstdc++ though.
The toolchain I maintain, https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw, defaults to native TLS throughout.
zig
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Memory-mapped IO registers in Zig. (2021)
There is an issue proposing this approach: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4284
- Zig Programming Language
- Zig Language 0.12 Release
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Zig 0.12.0 Release Notes
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/224
e.g.:
> > When debugging/prototyping, it's useful to comment out a line without having to refactor, e.g.
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How to Write a PHP Extension with Zig?
When writing code in a scripting language, sometimes you need that extra bit of performance (or maybe an async feature from Zig).
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Bun - The One Tool for All Your JavaScript/Typescript Project's Needs?
NodeJS is by no means a slow runtime, it wouldn’t be so popular if it was. But compared to Bun, it’s slow. Bun was built from the ground up with speed in mind, using both JavascriptCore and Zig. The Bun team spent an enormous amount of time and energy trying to make Bun fast, including lots of profiling, benchmarking, and optimizations.
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Bun 1.1
ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart()
There are valid reasons to use APIs from NTDLL. Where I disagree with zig#1840 is the idea that it is always better to use NTDLL versions of API. Every other software ecosystem uses the standard Win32 APIs and diverging from that without a good reason seems like a good way to have unexpected behavior. One concrete example is most users and programmers expect Windows to redirect some file system paths when running on WOW64. But this is implemented in Kernel32, not ntdll.
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/11894
- Zig, Rust, and Other Languages
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Nanos – A Unikernel
Zig also has an IRC channel on libera (#zig) that is moderated by Andrew Kelley.[1]
[1] https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Community
- Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
What are some alternatives?
mingw-w64 - (Unofficial) Mirror of mingw-w64-code
Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
w64devkit - Portable C and C++ Development Kit for x64 (and x86) Windows
Odin - Odin Programming Language
msys2
v - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
cmake-init - The missing CMake project initializer
rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
MSYS2-packages - Package scripts for MSYS2.
go - The Go programming language
mxe - MXE (M cross environment)
ssr-proxy-js - A Server-Side Rendering Proxy focused on customization and flexibility!