rivtenJul 1, 2023
@fasterthanlime zig's project team just accepted the proposal of divorcing with LLVM : https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/16270#issuecomment-1616115039
(Before that, it was just... a proposal)
make the main zig executable no longer depend on LLVM, LLD, and Clang libraries · Issue #16270 · ziglang/zig

This issue is to fully eliminate LLVM, Clang, and LLD libraries from the Zig project. The remaining ties to these projects are as follows: #8726 LLVM #13265 C backend - 1742/1792 tests passing (97%...

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Show threadDylan Jul 2, 2023
@rivten will this mean that zig can no longer build c/c++? That seems to be what most of the comments are about
Show threadTejas Sanap
@dbanty @rivten i doubt that is the case, they will just move the dependencies into a separate optional package. This will allow them to build zig by itself and still leverage the LLVM backend as needed.
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