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What do you mean that it's "third party"?

• oblio 8y ago
  It's not part of the official Julia package. javac comes from Oracle, rustc comes from the Rust developers, etc.
  • Sean1708 8y ago
    JuliaLang are the Julia developers, PackageCompiler.jl is no more third-party than cargo is.
    • oblio 8y ago
      Oh, my bad, the original link was: https://github.com/SimonDanisch/PackageCompiler.jl https://github.com/SimonDanisch/PackageCompiler.jl. Now I see that redirects to JuliaLang. However, unless I'm missing something, that argument isn't that much stronger. 1. Is the package actually promoted and actively maintained by the Julia developers? Or even better: 2. Is the package part of the default Julia installation? And even: 3. Is the package documented on the Julia site, as part of an officially recommended process?
      • Sean1708 8y ago
        Ah sorry, I didn't realise that the original link pointed somewhere else.
      • ChrisRackauckas 8y ago
        >1. Is the package actually promoted and actively maintained by the Julia developers? Yes. >2. Is the package part of the default Julia installation? No, mostly because it's not done yet and only experimental right now. >3. Is the package documented on the Julia site, as part of an officially recommended process? No, mostly because it's not done yet and only experimental right now.
        • oblio 8y ago
          In that case, sorry for the inaccurate statement. However, go to my original comment and replace "third party" with "it's not done yet and only experimental right now" and the meaning stays the same... :)
          • ChrisRackauckas 8y ago
            Indeed, but it shows that it has moved up a notch and people are taking it more seriously now. The biggest issue is that all of the compiler guys have thus far been working on making breaking changes to the language. Once v1.0 is out (alpha is already tagged! Features are frozen!), then they will have some open hands :).
            • oblio 8y ago
              I guess my comment was a sign of Julia moving to the big leagues now. Expectations are high :)