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How so?

• xigoi 5y ago
  Because you can't guarantee that every distro's package manager will have the packages you need.
  • wheelerof4te 5y ago
    Build them from source, then. Hare is a systems programming language. What kind of a systems programmer doesn't know how to build from source?
    • bccdee 5y ago
      So the solution is just vendoring? Vendoring is very clunky—that's why we have package managers in the first place.
      • wheelerof4te 5y ago
        Language designers have every right to avoid complex features if such a feature impede the language in any way. Hare does the smart thing - it decouples the library distribution model from the language. After all, it's the programmers job to make sure that distribution and packaging of his/her library is as simple as possible.
        • bccdee 5y ago
          Every programmer should not be re-solving the problem of library distribution just to distribute their library. This is a solved problem; a go-style git repository model is the bare minimum that a language should have.
    • xigoi 5y ago
      Having to download several dependencies from random websiees and install them is not the most fun way to spend an afternoon. Especially if half of them have cryptic build errors.
      • wheelerof4te 5y ago
        So Github is a random website now? I think that Hare's workflow and usecase encourages having very few or no dependencies. That means, in most cases, you should just be able to download a project's source, build and use it right away.