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Re:99% of top Python packages are now wheels by incrudible on Thursday August 03, 2023 @08:21AM (#36984828)
JAR itself is a cutesy reference. You put your code in a jar, get it? WAR is perhaps not a cute reference, but it hints at what you'll be facing...
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Re:99% of top Python packages are now wheels by pdimitar on Thursday August 03, 2023 @08:22AM (#36984845)
That's why I said jar/war are kind of the exception. They are still recognizable for many though, whereas Nix and Python's names are just WTF.
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