libc dependency

[David Nadlinger via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 at 18:51:17 UTC, Moritz Maxeiner wrote:
> On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 at 12:09:06 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>
>> LLD, the LLVM linker [1]. As far as I understand it, it also 
>> support cross-platform linking. Using LDC, musl and LLD you 
>> have a fully working cross-compiler tool chain. You might need 
>> some extra libraries as well, depending on what you need.
>
> Hm, so then we could provide a self-contained installer for all 
> major platforms that bundles all you need to get started with 
> D. Neat.

Yes, that's part of the idea behind the ongoing work to integrate 
LLD into LDC: https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/pull/2142

For Windows, we use the MS C runtime, though, and the legal 
situation around redistribution seems a bit unclear.

  — David