August 2014
Beginner to intermediate
314 pages
7h 57m
English
Traditional compilers transform the source code into native executables. In this context, native means that it runs on the same platform of the compiler, and a platform is a combination of hardware, operating system, application binary interface (ABI), and system interface choices. These choices define a mechanism that the user-level program can use to communicate with the underlying system. Hence, if you use a compiler in your GNU/Linux x86 machine, it will generate executables that link with your system libraries and are tailored to run on this exact same platform.
Cross-platform compilation is the process of using a compiler to generate executables for different, non-native platforms. If you need to generate ...
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