Re: Python recompile

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

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in "anything".

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Another mysterious remark. You seem to consider it your job to put down
anything I do or say!
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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.