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I personally much rather prefer using utilities written in Go, Rust or C/C++ because they do not depend on a specific version of an interpreter/module so they a

I personally much rather prefer using utilities written in Go, Rust or C/C++ because they do not depend on a specific version of an interpreter/module so they are quite easier to install and it's way less likely to bork them. This happens to me all the time with Python and Perl applications and it's quite an hassle.

SahAssar 5y ago
It's by no means perfect but it is possible to ship the runtime with the program. Most programs don't but it is possible. The inverse of this is the problem that I often run into in niche areas with C/C++ programs where they require pretty specific versions of dependencies. The most obvious one I know is within the GIS space where getting a toolchain to to run often involves hunting down specific versions of many C/C++ dependencies or just giving up and running someones docker image (which I'd rather not do). I have not run into this with go or rust (although I don't run that many rust programs that I know of).