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That's cute and all, but it's fucking gzip. It doesn't have complex dependencies. Pretty sure Linux could run a 30 year old gzip binary too. I've never neede
by snickerbockers 3y ago
That's cute and all, but it's fucking gzip. It doesn't have complex dependencies.
Pretty sure Linux could run a 30 year old gzip binary too. I've never needed to do that with gzip but I have definitely run binaries of a similar vintage without issue.
Windows backwards-compatibility fails miserably on non-trivial programs, you're generally pretty lucky if you can get something from the XP-era or older to work out of the box.
- herpderperator 3y agoSomeone ran the gzip binary on Linux just fine: https://twitter.com/stderrdk/status/1692652013711221045 https://twitter.com/stderrdk/status/1692652013711221045
- sedatk 3y agoThey used an older Debian. Wouldn't work on the latest.
- charonn0 3y ago> you're generally pretty lucky if you can get something from the XP-era or older to work out of the box. That's actually pretty good. XP was released over 20 years ago.
- Dalewyn 3y agoOff the top of my head I'm running Winamp (gotta whip that llama ass!), Paint Shop Pro 5 (predates XP), RPG Maker 2000, and many more stuff from almost or over 20 years ago with no problems. So yeah, I'll take my chances with that luck.
- sedatk 3y ago> Pretty sure Linux could run a 30 year old gzip binary too Not since Linux dropped a.out binary support completely in 5.18. Any newer kernel can't run it.
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