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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: Python recompile
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:51:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 14:09:17 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> gabbled:
>My idea is similar to supplying binaries, but replacing each binary file 
>with one C source file. This now needs a C compiler to turn into a 
>binary, but nothing else. No configure, no makefiles, virtually no 
>special options, no special compiler needed and no special version.

So instead of just typing "make" the user has to know how to invoke the
compiler, possibly with certain switches set. Not sure how thats any better.

> > which has a load of ifdefs in the code itself and the user doesn't 
>have to
> > do anything except pick the correct makefile or for windows project file.
>
>I suspect you either haven't done much building of open source software 
>on Windows, or were remarkably lucky.

True. I've done a small amount of C/C++ dev on Windows but these days I 
wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole and rubber gloves.