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Re:GNU Parallel 2018 by msla on Saturday August 17, 2019 @09:21PM (#20727608)
Realistically, the best language for this is C, because everything else is too heavyweight, requires too much of a runtime, or simply isn't available most places.
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Re:GNU Parallel 2018 by mechanical_jane on Sunday August 18, 2019 @05:08AM (#20729116)
Does that also apply to platforms where you as a consultant for hire does not have access to a C compiler for that given platform?

It used to be an issue that non-free UNIXes did not include a C-compiler by default, and then C would really not help. I am not sure if that is the case anymore.

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