Package

musl

Description

Musl is a libc, an implementation of the standard library functionality
described in the ISO C and POSIX standards, plus common extensions,
intended for use on Linux-based systems. Whereas the kernel (Linux)
governs access to hardware, memory, filesystems, and the privileges for
accessing these resources, the C library is responsible for providing
the actual C function interfaces userspace applications see, and for
constructing higher-level buffered stdio, memory allocation management,
thread creation and synchronization operations, and so on using the
lower-level interfaces the kernel provides, as well as for implementing
pure library routines of the C language like strstr, snprintf, strtol,
exp, sqrt, etc. Musl is a new general-purpose implementation of the C
library. It is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and aims to be correct
in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.

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