News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Samurai: Ninja-compatible build tool written in C. Parent comment

Re:Samurai: Ninja-compatible build tool written in C by jcelerier on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:01AM (#32458896)
I assume you're also not using a C compiler written in C++, thus neither clang, GCC nor msvc ?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Samurai: Ninja-compatible build tool written in C by ducktective on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:15AM (#32458995)
It's always beneficial if some people choose to follow idealistic routes ;)

There are minimal C compilers written in C around, though, admittedly, not as relevant as GCC/clang/MSVC

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Samurai: Ninja-compatible build tool written in C by jcelerier on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:25AM (#32459053)
> It's always beneficial if some people choose to follow idealistic routes ;)

As much as I believe this to be true in politics, I think it's really really wrong, if not actively harmful, in tech

[ Parent | on HN ]