alt Hacker NewsHuh, compiler interoperability is extremely useful. It usually works by ABI groups defining a common ABI for each architecture and compilers then following these ABIs (although not required a compilers that does not is poor)
Huh, compiler interoperability is extremely useful. It usually works by ABI groups defining a common ABI for each architecture and compilers then following these ABIs (although not required a compilers that does not is poor)
It's useful for closed-source developers who want to sell their libraries as precompiled binary blobs for static linking, but as soon as MSVC is involved that idea of "one library for different compilers" is out the window anyway ;)
For areas like application plugins via DLLs it's the OS ABI that matters.