Lightning Talk: (Fine) Wine and MSVC: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Runs MSVC under Wine on Linux, including a reimplemented installer in Python because the Microsoft installer and vcvars won’t work in that environment. Builds a small argument parser called aner shim that translates slashed MSVC flags and Linux paths into things MSVC accepts, handles many documented and undocumented flags, and makes cross-compiling possible. Achieves distributed builds, compiles Linux x64 hosts to Windows x64 and ARM64, and reports builds that are faster than native Windows on the same machines.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:23Why Use MSVC on Linux
3. 1:14Installation Challenges
4. 1:43Environment Issues
5. 2:18Creating the Shim Layer
6. 4:15Performance and Benefits
7. 5:00Conclusion

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