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6767## Building from Source without LLVM
6868
69- If you don't need your Zig compiler to have LLVM extensions enabled, you can
70- follow these instructions instead.
71-
7269In this case, the only system dependency is a C compiler.
7370
7471```
7572cc -o bootstrap bootstrap.c
7673./bootstrap build
7774```
7875
79- You can pass any options to this that you would pass to ` zig build ` .
76+ You can pass any options to this that you would pass to ` zig build ` (see
77+ ` --help ` for options).
78+
79+ [ Without LLVM extensions] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/16270 ) , a Zig
80+ compiler is missing these features:
81+ - Release mode optimizations
82+ - aarch64 machine code backend
83+ - ` @cImport ` / ` zig translate-c `
84+ - Ability to compile C files
85+ - Ability to compile assembly files
86+ - [ Some ELF linking features] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17749 )
87+ - [ Most COFF/PE linking features] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17751 )
88+ - [ Some WebAssembly linking features] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17750 )
89+ - [ COFF linking] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17751 )
90+ - [ Ability to output LLVM bitcode] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/13265 )
91+ - [ Windows resource file compilation] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17752 )
92+ - [ Ability to create import libs from def files] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17807 )
93+ - [ Automatic importlib file generation for Windows DLLs] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17753 )
94+ - [ Ability to create static archives from object files] ( https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/9828 )
95+ - Ability to compile C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ files
8096
8197## Contributing
8298
99+ [ Donate monthly] ( https://ziglang.org/zsf/ ) .
100+
83101Zig is Free and Open Source Software. We welcome bug reports and patches from
84102everyone. However, keep in mind that Zig governance is BDFN (Benevolent
85103Dictator For Now) which means that Andrew Kelley has final say on the design
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