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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: Python recompile
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:24:01 +0000
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On 11/03/2025 21:43, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 11/03/2025 15:06, David Brown wrote:
>>> On 11/03/2025 15:24, bart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To build open source projects, I'm happy to use an existing C
>>>> compiler. I'm NOT happy about bending over backwards to use CYGWIN,
>>>> MSYS2 or WSL because the developers insist on forcing their Linux
>>>> dependencies down my throat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Developers can do what they like. But they shouldn't inflict their
>>>> choices on other people, especially those using other OSes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have not paid a lot of attention to this thread.  But I am curious
>>> here - who do you think is /forcing/ you to compile their code?
>>
>> OK, tell me where to get ready-made DLLs for GMP and LIBFFI that I can
>> can use on Windows.
> 
> Why do you think anybody owes you anything?   The developers of those
> libraries, mostly working for free, make the source available for
> for free.  They are required to make -your- life easy.

I'm not complaining about the quality of the library. Only about 
packaging of the source code. They might be whiz numerologists and C 
programmers, but the build process sucks.


> 
> Here's a thought - why don't you write your own multiprecision
> library and release it as open source?

I did. It's only a simple one, but it will do the job, just much more 
slowly if precision gets too high.

https://github.com/sal55/langs/tree/master/bignum


> Highly doubtful, most projects are far more complex than your
> simple single-source file world.

Are they? The GMP DLL I finally saw is only 660KB, roughly 70Kloc. That 
is not huge.

>> Windows is getting an unfairly bad reputation for building applications;
> 
> Because we've used it, and it sucks?

And I've used your build systems, and *they* suck. Or does only your 
opinion count?

> 
>> What choices are those? To have to supply, with a multi-MB source
>> download, a text file listing the files I have to submit to the compiler?
> 
> Pretty much every open source project out there, particularly those with
> large source-bases actually provide a text file listing the files you
> need to compile.  It's called "Makefile".

Sure. And next week's winning lottery numbers are contained within this 
file too:

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