What is ABI, why doesn’t C++ have a standard one, and why would it matter if it did?
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What is ABI, why doesn’t C++ have a standard one, and why would it matter if it did?
ABI is an Application Binary Interface. It describes a standard for how application binaries are organized and accessed.
Standardization would allow multiple compilers to build binaries that were completely compatible with each other, or potentially allow single executables to run on various platforms without recompilation, etc.