3 ms·
When you start having multiple incompatible ABIs active at the same time, that's when dependencies get hard. You get automagical solutions that only work for so
by emj 8y ago
When you start having multiple incompatible ABIs active at the same time, that's when dependencies get hard. You get automagical solutions that only work for some people because it's hard to see all possible combinations of versions. I think Rust is still too young.
- richardwhiuk 8y agoRust's solution is 'build everything', so you can't have incompatible ABIs. That might not scale, and it means initial build time is pretty appalling, but unlike Python, Rust compiles to a binary, so it's less manky.