3

The Windows C/C++ build toolchain is such a nightmare

Comments
  • 3
    Developers Developers Developers
  • 1
    @AkshayTolwani I simply want to compile a library from a git repo

    For every modern language this is like two shell commands, but here I have to manually download some dependent libs, because the download script is broken (of course).
    Then I have to make sure they're all in the right path otherwise the linker will give me an error message about as useful as Egyptian hieroglyphics.
  • 0
    And I have to compile C# bindings as well and now the .net toolchain is telling me it can't find the SDK good lord why do these things have to be so complicated
  • 0
    Is there anything related to Microsoft that isn’t a nightmare?
  • 3
    @uyouthe @AkshayTolwani Vs code is half a nightmare, it'd be great if it was actually free software and not an electron application.

    On another note: C# as a language is great, though I'm not too convinced about its surrounding (.net)
  • 0
    @AkshayTolwani or is it? while working with C++ it fucks up pretty regularly
  • 0
    sidenote: is there a compiler for .net IL?
  • 0
    @LotsOfCaffeine I fucking taught people C#. I fucking also used vscode. I fucking managed SoE setups.

    Ms is still nightmare
  • 2
    @uyouthe not denying that but C# is less of a nightmare than whatever the hell visual c++ wants to be
  • 1
  • 0
    @LotsOfCaffeine

    I do not understand why vc++ is created.
  • 0
    @uyouthe

    How about office tool like words or excel?

    I feel MS focus more on business people and like to ignore developer's needs and wants.
  • 1
    @HitWRight *intense sweating*
  • 0
    @mr-user on God I hate using ms office tools

    "Oh just word it's so much easier"
  • 0
    @mr-user they obviously have great functionality just because of how old they are but their stability is trash, there are memes about saving every second in word
  • 0
    That's not just Windows, that's the C and C++ ecosystem. I don't understand why no one has yet made anything remotely bearable because the current tools are garbage
  • 2
    @12bitfloat C/C++ tool chains do suck but my god windows' way makes it 10 times worse....
  • 1
  • 0
    Just install GCC/MingW, or Clang/MingW, and you're good to go. No Visual Shit of course. Oh, "make" would also be useful.
Add Comment