> Take a moment to appreciate what just happened here - I downloaded a Windows build of Zig, ran it in Wine, using it to cross compile for Linux, and then ran the binary natively. Computers are fun!
Even though it probably doesn't qualify this is pretty close a Canadian Cross, which for some reason is one of my favorite pieces of CS trivia. It's when you cross compile a cross compiler.
Even though it probably doesn't qualify this is pretty close a Canadian Cross, which for some reason is one of my favorite pieces of CS trivia. It's when you cross compile a cross compiler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_compiler#Canadian_Cross
> The term Canadian Cross came about because at the time that these issues were under discussion, Canada had three national political parties.