dietlibc is a

C standard library The C standard library or libc is the standard library for the C programming language, as specified in the ISO C standard.ISO/IEC (2018). '' ISO/IEC 9899:2018(E): Programming Languages - C §7'' Starting from the original ANSI C standard, it wa ...

released under the

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Version 2, and proprietary licenses are also available. It was developed with the help of about 100 volunteers by

Felix von Leitner Felix von Leitner, nicknamed Fefe, is a German IT security expert living in Berlin. He is the main author of the dietlibc, a C standard library. His personal blog posts have received larger media coverage in Germany. Biography In 2006, he analy ...

with the goal to compile and link programs to the smallest possible size.diet libc - credits
/ref> dietlibc was developed from scratch and thus only implements the most important and commonly used functions. It is mainly used in

embedded devices An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is ''embedded'' as ...

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Comparison of C/POSIX standard library implementations for Linux
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