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Re:Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration by jhardy54 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:31PM (#39254113)
Yeah, it’s really great that compiling C is a straightforward endeavor that doesn’t require any tools, and definitely doesn’t depend on executables that generate or parse configuration files. I’m confident that no C developers have ever spent time on tool setup just to program.
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Re:Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration by bsdpufferfish on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:34PM (#39254142)
gcc main.c

Of course tinkerers made some tools you can tinker with as time went on, but you don’t have to let those interfere with velocity, just like I will not be using configuration languages.

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Re:Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration by jhardy54 on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:33AM (#39274585)
Do you mind linking me to some large C projects that don’t use make/autotools/etc?
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Re:Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration by bsdpufferfish on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:53AM (#39315371)
stb libraries
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Re:Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration by jhardy54 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @02:14AM (#39324259)
So… novelty single-file libraries? I’m not sure that “it works if you only have one file” truly supports your argument.
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