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Ruby gems and CPAN have build scripts that rebuild stuff on the user's device (and warn you if they can't find a dependency). But I believe one of the Python's
by skydhash 6mo ago
Ruby gems and CPAN have build scripts that rebuild stuff on the user's device (and warn you if they can't find a dependency). But I believe one of the Python's tools that started the trend of downloading binaries instead of building them. Or was it NPM?
- Izkata 6mo agoPython's pip predates npm, installs dependencies automatically, can include binaries, and the old-style packages could run arbitrary code during the install. Ruby gems are older than that, but I have no idea what capabilities it has/had.