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Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language by fastball on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:26AM (#24482298)
Yes? Anyone can download a binary that runs on MacOS.
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Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language by pjmlp on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:14PM (#24482979)
Not when notarization no longer can be worked around.
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Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language by fastball on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:16PM (#24483016)
At which point the commercial part will continue to be notarization, as it is currently.
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Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language by tyingq on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:58PM (#24487218)
That's something of a technicality. If the output of the compiler isn't useful without paying for something else, it's effectively a commercial compiler.
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Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language by fastball on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:26AM (#24492474)
What compiler are you talking about? Clang? If so, clang supports many other build targets besides just MacOS / iOS.
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