[uClibc]uC-libc and uClibc

[David McCullough]

Jivin Uwe Beutin lays it down ...
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, David McCullough wrote:
> 
> > >> uC-libc is the original library for uClinux (I think Jeff and Ken   
> > >> put it together originally). It is mostly there, some of the API's
> > >> are a little non-standard, quite a few common libc routines not
> > >> present. It is very stable on its supported platforms. Currently
> > >> really only supports m68k/ColdFire and ARM architectures. It was
> > >> designed to be small and lite weight. 
> [...]
> 
> Which might also mean that things like printf() are reported to be 
> "ancient" in current terms (floating point, etc.) as Manuel puts it?!

I won't pretend it's printf is as good as uClibc,  but it's not too bad
these days.  It doesn't include the floating point support unless you are
using shared libraries (to save some space in every app).  You can link
against libm (-lm) to get a FP capable printf if you need it.

At the end of the day you should choose what works best for your
particular application,

Cheers,
Davidm

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