Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] Introduce Rust and announce that it will become mandatorty
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Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com>
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- Sep 21, 2025, 01:24 UTC
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On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:
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> >What I meant was: Is there a compiler that can be compiled to both NonStop and > >Linux. What is the name of the C++17 compiler that you use on NonStop? Is there a > >Linux or Windows cross compiler that can target NonStop? > > We have c99, c11, c17. The only Windows cross compiler is c99, but that requires > a license from HPE that I cannot provide. There are not non-commercial compilers > available that can be used to cross compile. Also, standard configure processing > does not work on Windows for NonStop.
If C/C++ can be cross compiled from Windows to a NonStop target, then why does Git need to run on NonStop itself? Why couldn't you use Git on Windows and then copy the compiled executables to your NonStop targets?