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by lcr 3929 days ago
It depends, technically a compiler output should be deterministic, but apparently there are a few that aren't, one example is any compiler built on Roslyn[1].

Although I think he might have been pointing out the problem of reproducible builds[2].

[1] https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/372

[2] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/About
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taktoa 3929 days ago
You should look at NixOS[1] and GuixSD[2].

[1]: https://nixos.org

[2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/guix

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straycat 3929 days ago
It may also be worth mentioning Baserock[1] here,

[1]: http://wiki.baserock.org/

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