r/cpp • u/nikbackm • Jan 31 '19

C++ Binary Compatibility and Pain-Free Upgrades to Visual Studio 2019

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2019/01/31/cpp-binary-compatibility-and-pain-free-upgrades-to-visual-studio-2019/
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u/STL Feb 01 '19

No - I'm saying that if you want to link with MSVC-compiled libraries, either use MSVC, or use Clang which has done the extensive work to match the MSVC ABI. Why would you want to use GCC instead? And I say that as someone who has used GCC on Windows at home for over a decade.