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From: Christian Neukirchen <chneuk...@gmail.com>
To: Stefan =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BChlinghaus?= <master...@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: glibc vs musl - what is the difference for daily usage ?
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Stefan M=C3=BChlinghaus <master...@googlemail.com> writes:

> I would be interested in that as well. Is there any *tangible* benefit in=
=20
> using the musl libc except having the warm fuzzies from using the leaner=
=20
> technology? :)
> I hesitate to switch to musl for fear of running into incompatibilities,=
=20
> but that could just be my superstitious self.

Just a few additions:

- MIT license, so you could build a GPL-free userland with it.
- Good support for static linking.
- Huge focus on correctness (which means in practice that sloppily
  written software can break...).
- Good UTF-8 support.
- Support for new and experimental architectures.

Also see http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html

--=20
Christian Neukirchen  <chneuk...@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org