Can a C or CPP program compiled on Linux run on Windows and vice versa assuming that both the OSs are loaded in and can run on the same machine?

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2026-05-09 01:05

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No. Windows and Linux have different APIs and ABIs for programs to access. You cannot run Linux binaries on Windows, and you can only run Windows binaries on Linux if you have Wine installed.

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