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		Orygin 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm switching to Python and actually liking it If you don't need to link C lib, you can build any combination of arch and OS for a golang program. The default tooling allows you to do so easily. If you need to link a C lib, there are ways to set it up to compile other OS (and maybe other archs).

est 6 months ago [–]

take numpy as an example, it's gfortran mixed with C. How does cgo handle that?

And there's ffmpeg....

Orygin 6 months ago | [–]

If you got object files you can compile whatever if you have the compiler toolset. I have made a go program that links ffmpeg and is built from linux to Windows and Macos. It was not super easy but it's doable.

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