[libcxx-dev] libcxx on MSVC6.0 runtime

[Eric Fiselier via libcxx-dev]

We are not supporting this library.

On Fri., Mar. 1, 2019, 5:18 p.m. Louis Dionne via libcxx-dev, <
libcxx-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 28, 2019, at 12:20, Brendan Heinonen via libcxx-dev <
> libcxx-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > After some wrangling, I've managed to get libcxx running, linking
> against the MSVC 6.0 runtime library (yes... from 1998).  Right now, libcxx
> only supports MSVC 14.0 (2015) and above, presumably because the standard
> library did not have complete C99 support.  I'd like to possibly contribute
> these changes, but I have a couple of questions.
> >
> > 1. Would there be any interest in these patches, and would there be any
> chance of getting them merged since it would not be standards-compliant
> (due to missing C99+ functions in the runtime)?
>
> I’d like to understand what’s the motivation for this work and what value
> it adds to the users of libc++. I can’t say I’m thrilled with supporting a
> runtime library from 1998.
>
> Louis
>
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