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libnih is a small library for C application development containing functions that, despite its name, are not implemented elsewhere in the standard library set.
libnih is roughly equivalent to other C libraries such as glib, except that its focus is on a small size and intended for applications that sit very low in the software stack, especially outside of /usr.
It expressly does not reimplement functions that already exist in libraries ordinarily shipped in /lib such libc6, and does not do foolish things like invent arbitrary typedefs for perfectly good C types.
In a Nutshell, libnih...
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took an estimated 46 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 2005
ending with its most recent commit over 15 years ago
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