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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: Python recompile
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:10:59 +0000
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On 17/03/2025 16:32, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:25:46 +0000
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> wibbled:
>> On 17/03/2025 12:07, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>>> Anything C could do so long as you don't include all the standard C libraries
>>
>>> in "anything".
>>
>> Another mysterious remark. You seem to consider it your job to put down
>> anything I do or say!
>>
>> So, what do the standard C libraries have to do with anything here?
> 
> They're generally the interface to the OS on *nix. No idea about windows.

I think you can assume that the tool I used was up to the job

>> where mm is a compiler. That itself was in the context of build tools on
>> Linux which usually involve makefiles, shell scripts and other
>> OS-specific junk, which was touted to be far superior to the Windows
>> experience.
> 
> So presumably your amazing build system checks the current module build dates
> and doesn't rebuild stuff that it doesn't have to?

Why would it matter? I can compile code at one million lines every two 
seconds, and my largest project is 50K lines - do the math.

In any case, my comments were about doing a one-off build from source of 
open-source software - so you have build everything anyway.

I find it astonishing that even with machines at least a thousand times 
faster than I've used in the past, you have to resort to tricks to avoid 
compilation.