Comment by rnikander | Hacker News Reader

Top New Best Ask Show Jobs

Comment by rnikander | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

I wonder if I can use GCC on macOS to build apps for macOS/iOS that can be App Store deployed. Or if I'm stuck with Clang there.

These days I still use macOS and exist in the Apple ecosystem. I wouldn't mind moving to Linux, but unfortunately I need a MacBook to do work where I build iOS apps. I wonder if there is a way around that.

Apple is quite clear what are the official languages for iOS apps and what role C++ plays on that, like MSL and DriverKit. Note how many C++ talks happen at WWDC.

You're pretty much stuck with clang, unless you feel like hacking around the toolchain workflows.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com