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. Cosmopolitan can be compiled from source on any Linux distro. GNU make needs to be installed beforehand. This is a freestanding hermetic repository that bootstraps using a vendored static gcc9 executable. No further dependencies are required.

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  • Runs natively on Linux, Mac, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD
  • Makes C a build-once run-anywhere language
  • Doesn't need an interpreter or virtual machine
  • Reconfigures stock GCC and Clang to output a POSIX-approved polyglot format
  • Cosmopolitan can be compiled from source on any Linux distro
  • No further dependencies are required

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Operating Systems

FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Windows

Programming Language

C

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C Libraries

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2021-09-14
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