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as long as Visual Studio is required with Windows, no thank you: https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows

by 38 3y ago

quincepie 3y ago
It only requires vs build tools which is likely for the linker. Other languages like rust does the same.
- 38 3y ago
  Rust has a GNU option for Windows: https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods...
  - vips7L 3y ago
    If you’re already running windows, why do you need the linker to be GNU?
    - 38 3y ago
      because the GNU linker is like a 100 MB download, and Visual Studio is like 10 GB
      - bhaak 3y ago
        And that's an issue because ...?
        38 3y ago
        would you rather pay $1 for a soda drink, or $100?
        bhaak 3y ago
        Where do you pay $1 for 10 GB, let alone $100?
        38 3y ago
        whoosh
pjmlp 3y ago
The best tooling for each OS is the one from the OS vendor themselves.
- 38 3y ago
  [citation needed]
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    That was my citation, you're welcomed.
    - 38 3y ago
      I see you dont know what citations are
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        As per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, - words or lines taken from a book or a speech - an official statement about something special that somebody has done, especially about acts of courage in a war - an act of citing or being cited - an order to appear in court https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/citation?q=citations https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis... Consider I am citing myself.
        38 3y ago
        folks, lets go ahead and quote this user again: > The best tooling for each OS is the one from the OS vendor themselves. and here is their defense of that position: > As per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries because yes, the dictionary is the correct place to find information about operating systems. LOL
        deleted 3y ago
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  - 3y ago

5 ms·

as long as Visual Studio is required with Windows, no thank you: https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows

by 38 3y ago

as long as Visual Studio is required with Windows, no thank you: https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows https://crystal-lang.org/install/on_windows

quincepie 3y ago
It only requires vs build tools which is likely for the linker. Other languages like rust does the same.
- 38 3y ago
  Rust has a GNU option for Windows: https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods...
  - vips7L 3y ago
    If you’re already running windows, why do you need the linker to be GNU?
    - 38 3y ago
      because the GNU linker is like a 100 MB download, and Visual Studio is like 10 GB
      - bhaak 3y ago
        And that's an issue because ...?
        38 3y ago
        would you rather pay $1 for a soda drink, or $100?
        bhaak 3y ago
        Where do you pay $1 for 10 GB, let alone $100?
        38 3y ago
        whoosh
pjmlp 3y ago
The best tooling for each OS is the one from the OS vendor themselves.
- 38 3y ago
  [citation needed]
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    That was my citation, you're welcomed.
    - 38 3y ago
      I see you dont know what citations are
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        As per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, - words or lines taken from a book or a speech - an official statement about something special that somebody has done, especially about acts of courage in a war - an act of citing or being cited - an order to appear in court https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/citation?q=citations https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis... Consider I am citing myself.
        38 3y ago
        folks, lets go ahead and quote this user again: > The best tooling for each OS is the one from the OS vendor themselves. and here is their defense of that position: > As per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries because yes, the dictionary is the correct place to find information about operating systems. LOL
        deleted 3y ago
        [deleted]
  - 3y ago