kingkong2022

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   by kingkong2022 7y ago

   > other than the C compiler On windows, clang is about 100 mb download and it further requires msvc install which is around 1 gb download if you only download the build tools. That in itself is a fucking 1.1 gb dependency.
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   by kingkong2022 7y ago

   Yeah you don't. You never added the size of the dependencies (like clang) to the size of the compiler. And thats what I am saying. You don't even need to add the size of your stdlib. A compiler does not include the stdlib as per y
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   by kingkong2022 7y ago

   > Do you really think the compiler needs glfw or freetype to function? It's for the graphics library to build things like the tetris.v example. Do you ship the compiler with those libraries that require those packages? If yes, then
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   by kingkong2022 7y ago

   The claims in the homepage are completely refuted by the readme in the downloaded package. The compiler is not 400 kb dependency free. It requires shit ton of stuff. The codegen as well as hot code reloading is not present, so even the comp