alt Hacker NewsCross compilation and cross platform are synonymous in compiled languages, in regards of many issues that one needs to care about.
Cross platform goes beyond in regards to UI, direction locations, user interactions,...
Yeah, if you happen to have systemd Linux libraries on macOS to facilitate cross compilation into a compatible GNU/Linux system than it works, that is how embedded development has worked for ages.
What doesn't work is pretending that isn't something to care about.
> Cross compilation and cross platform are synonymous in compiled languages
Err, no. Cross-platform means the code can be compiled natively on each platform. Cross-compilation is when you compile the binaries on one platform for a different platform.