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GNU lightning

library for generating assembly code at runtime
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
software library, GNU package, free software[2][3]
Official website
www.gnu.org[20]
License
GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later, GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later
Website
www.gnu.org
Programming language
C
Part of
GNU Project[18]
Has use
just-in-time compilation[19]
Copyright holder
Free Software Foundation
Copyright license
GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later (2002–2007), GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later (2007–present)[6]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Developer
GNU Project[5]
Different from
Lightning[21]
Movement
free software movement[4]
Operating system
GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS[8][9][10]
Programmed in
C[7]
Software version identifier
2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en GNU lightning en lightning fr lightning ja lightning ko GNU 라이트닝
🔖 Identifiers · 12
AUR package
lightning, lib32-lightning
Free Software Directory entry
Lightning
FreeBSD port
devel/lightning
Freebase ID
/m/03hhypg
GNU Savannah project ID
lightning
Guix Variable Name
lightning
Homebrew formula name
lightning
MacPorts port
lightning
Mailing list archive URL
lists.gnu.org
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
10499
Repology project name
lightning-gnu
Source code repository URL
git.savannah.gnu.org, git.savannah.gnu.org

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
free software, software library
Operating system 2
macOS, BSD
Developer 1
GNU Project
Different from 1
Lightning
Has use 1
just-in-time compilation
Movement 1
free software movement
Part of 1
GNU Project
← Different from 1
Lightning
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Summary

GNU lightning is a software library[1].

Related Entities

BSD free software GNU Project macOS

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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