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by boxed 602 days ago
At least in Python you can probably download a project and run it even ignoring whatever tool the author used. In C++? Good luck!
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pjmlp 602 days ago
Only if it doesn't depend on binary libraries, or anything beyond its batteries.
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boxed 601 days ago
..or things that are trivial to find on pypi. Which is going to be 90+% of cases.
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pjmlp 600 days ago
It those things on Pypi depend on binary libraries that you need to compile yourself, there is going to be some fun, depending on the state of the current system.
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