> I am sure Walter knows how to compile on one machine, then go to another machine and do the linking or whatever is needed. Historically, you would or at leas

> I am sure Walter knows how to compile on one machine, then go to another machine and do the linking or whatever is needed. Historically, you would or at least could get your compiler and linker from different vendors -- assembler, disassembler and other tools too. So it's normal/common for C compilers like gcc, clang, dmd to not be distributed like Zig is. But I would dare say that the way Zig is doing it is a great model for others. > go to another machine and do the linking BTW - if you use something like debian/ubuntu for development, they have compilers+linkers+binutils for several different architectures available to make cross-building without Zig at least a little bit easier.