> But you need a C compiler. `v -o` requires either clang (and thus LLVM) or GCC both of which are massive dependencies. This logic rings hollow. It requires a

> But you need a C compiler. `v -o` requires either clang (and thus LLVM) or GCC both of which are massive dependencies. This logic rings hollow. It requires a C compiler. You said it yourself. Clang and GCC are not the only existing C compilers. tcc for example is tiny compared to them - on linux, `thirdparty/tcc/` is ~4.1MB, excluding the `thirdparty/tcc/.git` folder, and ~5.8MB including it.