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I don't think you can really complain about having to have node.js installed in order to run a node.js script. If you want self-contained binaries, learn Go.
by sebular 11y ago
I don't think you can really complain about having to have node.js installed in order to run a node.js script.
If you want self-contained binaries, learn Go. If you want lightweight scripts that run effortlessly on all unix systems, learn bash scripting. It sort of sounds to me like you're complaining about not being able to shoehorn your chosen language into all possible scenarios.
- edude03 11y agoI think that's a very reasonable thing to complain about in the context of dependency management. The runtime (node.js) and it's compile time + run time options are actually a dependancy of your application. As an end user, I shouldn't be expected to know how to configure x dependancy for my system to run y app and as a software developer I shouldn't have to build / package apps to match the client's system configuration. The sticking point is (back to my point) that the vast majority of distributions don't give the app a way to manage the deps and get specific deps in required, the best you can do is list x as a dep in your package and hope that it won't break your app or the system in some way.