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Re:C Macro Reflection in Zig – Zig Has Better C Interop Than... by fxtentacle on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @06:31AM (#41107735)
vcpkg + CMake ?

It can compile almost any dependency on demand, even doing cross-compilation. And it's used by at least Microsoft and Google.

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Re:C Macro Reflection in Zig – Zig Has Better C Interop Than... by flohofwoe on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @06:42AM (#41107786)
Such a setup includes two complex tools from two different parties plus a different C/C++ compiler toolchain per platform and platform SDKs (at least GCC, Clang (plus its Apple flavour) and MSVC). All those tools working together flawlessly at any given time is a minor miracle.

In Zig all those things are in the same toolchain install, which is a a single executable plus a bunch of cross-platform system headers and libraries, all under a single version number and trivially downloadable as a zip archive which works right after unzipping without setting up paths or running an 'installer'.

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