Zig + Qt Feels Like Doing the Impossible Right
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The author shares their experience of using Zig with Qt, feeling like they're doing the impossible right, and the community shows enthusiasm and support for the unconventional combination.
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hiccuphippo
2 months ago
1 replyVery nice! One thing I'd like to known is how good is the cross-compilation story for this library? Zig itself makes cross-compilation easy but Qt seems to be a beast to get cross-compilation working.
dayvster
2 months ago
Well I discussed this with the Author briefly and that's a huge undertaking and he is working on it but the results especially desired results will take time.
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