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Me. On every project that I need to compile for AIX. Not my favorite language by far, but it's pretty nearly the best choice on the platform, if you want cross
by Taywee 4y ago
Me. On every project that I need to compile for AIX. Not my favorite language by far, but it's pretty nearly the best choice on the platform, if you want cross platform code and don't want to fall into Java.
- paskozdilar 4y agoGo (AKA Golang) has been famous for its portability. The docs seem to indicate Go has had AIX support since version 1.12 [0]. I haven't used it personally, though, so I don't know how good it is. [0] https://go.dev/blog/ports https://go.dev/blog/ports
- icedchai 4y agoAIX... you're bringing back bad memories of running xlc on a AIX 4.3.3 system, back in the early 2000's.
- pjmlp 4y agoSomehow I had more fun coding on Aix than HP-UX, even though I used HP-UX longer.
- icedchai 4y agoAIX is a pretty decent Unix, all things considered. It had a ton of proprietary configuration, but "smit" made it super easy to administer. I was briefly a sysadmin of an HP-UX environment, and it was not fun.
- jjnoakes 4y agoNim, Haskell, OCaml (bytecode only I believe, unfortunately), D perhaps, and Go (AIX 7.2+) are not bad options, depending on your needs and taste. I'm hoping mrustc or the gcc frontend become viable too.