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The headline is really wrong. Mozilla is shipping compiled and executable code to us. Now, if its Perl, I can confidently say I'm shipping Perl code to you. Sm
by arc_of_descent 10y ago
The headline is really wrong. Mozilla is shipping compiled and executable code to us. Now, if its Perl, I can confidently say I'm shipping Perl code to you.
Small nitpick, I know :)
- wtetzner 10y agoWell, "shipping" could mean shipping the source too.
- arc_of_descent 10y agoWhy am I being down voted? Is my comment not relevant at all to the topic? Why not just ignore my comment or reply with the advice? We need that new moderator quickly! :)
- djsumdog 10y agoTheir source contains the actual Rust code and it's part of the build process. Distribution build maintainers will compile that rust code when making their packages. I run Gentoo, so that process happens when I upgrade Firefox.