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by direwolf20 133 days ago
For decades, Microsoft only made Visual C++ for Windows, and alternatives like DJGPP weren't very good. This isn't unreasonable, it's just how programming works when you target a platform. Visual C++ relies on Windows because it's a Windows program, and Xcode is written for MacOS, not for Java or Electron.

What is stopping you from writing an open source alternative to Xcode that runs on Linux?
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colonwqbang 132 days ago
...The code signing requirement?
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direwolf20 132 days ago
Why can't code be signed with open source tools?
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AceJohnny2 132 days ago
you can code-sign with open-source tools. That's not the hard part. Signing with a certificate trusted by macOS , that's where there's no avoiding having to go to Apple.
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direwolf20 132 days ago
Of course, but that wasn't the complaint, was it? The complaint was having to build on an apple device
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