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Typically Rust programs are distributed in pre-compiled form so you don't have to have a Rust compiler installed. I'm not sure why this project ships source cod

Typically Rust programs are distributed in pre-compiled form so you don't have to have a Rust compiler installed. I'm not sure why this project ships source code currently, but it could probably ship binaries too.

nicoburns 8y ago
Apparently that's what the author is currently working on: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/a8i3sd/v100alpha_release_of_swc_superfast_alternative/ecb68ey/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/a8i3sd/v100alpha_rele...
zmw 8y ago
You mean typically “available” in pre-compiled form, right? Because Rust doesn’t have a binary distribution system per se, it is at the mercy of package managers to build and distribute binaries, or maintainers need to upload build artifacts to, say, GitHub releases (and installation process would be nonstandard as a result). I get most of my Rust binaries through cargo when on Ubuntu, except in a few cases when I really want rg (still not available in Ubuntu 18.04) but don’t want to waste 25% storage on the Rust tool chain.