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Re:Swift Static Linux SDK by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @09:19AM (#40657820)
> My feeling is that making it super easy to pull 50 transitive dependencies without realizing it does not help

What is it that makes you think that C/C++ does not do this also?

[ EDIT: this also has something to do with the typical size and scope of C/C++ libraries ]

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Re:Swift Static Linux SDK by palata on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:38AM (#40659317)
> What is it that makes you think that C/C++ does not do this also?

My experience. I haven't worked in a single C++ project that had hundreds of dependencies, but I encounter those regularly in Rust/npm.

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Re:Swift Static Linux SDK by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:38PM (#40660087)
I would suggest that this caused more by ideas about the appropriate scope and scale of libraries in the 2020s than anything specifically connected to the language in use.
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Re:Swift Static Linux SDK by palata on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:08PM (#40660478)
I don't see that in Kotlin for instance.
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