glibc dependency

[Xe]

Is is possible to use the ruby compiler to build some version of the crystal compiler? Then you could bootstrap it over to other, non-glibc platforms.

[asterite]

It's possible to use the ruby compiler for that (look for the "ruby" tag on the repository). However, the generated compiler uses glibc, so in order to make it work in other non-glibc platforms you need to remove all dependencies to that. To which platforms would you like to port it? What's an alternative to glibc?

[Xe]

Alpine Linux is a nice way to have a non-glibc system (uclibc). I will try to have the ruby compiler do its thing on one of my Alpine boxes and see what kind of binary it spits out.

[asterite]

I'll close this. Probably using musl (issue #686) will make crystal work in non-glibc platforms.