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Pretty sure having it dynamically linked is ok with the open source licence
Re:Forcing vegan diet upon kids can lead to jail time in Belgium on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:10AM (#21535438)
A child does not need vitamin supplements in a omnivore diet though
Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store on Sunday November 03, 2019 @06:28PM (#21437525)
Wonder why they couldn't do the same for the iOS appstore. Like js apps based in phonegap
Re:Rob Pike on the reasons for Go’s success on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:41PM (#21414944)
Never any money in c++, pretty sure Bell labs funded bjorne
I wouldn't say somewhat, it is a direct contradiction since web apps are essentially desktop apps nowadays. If the current software practices and technologies were present back in the day, then the GPL would've probably just been the AGPL.
I really feel like the Linux foundation should fund development for a desktop focused OS based on Linux. The current state just isn't good enough.

Apple did it years ago with OS X, so I don't see why can't it happen with Linux.

Actually docker for windows with docker compose workdir syncing might be enough. Gonna try it over the weekend
Re:Haskell in Production on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:24PM (#21287282)
Hard disagree on the syntax. ML languages to me have the best syntax and their ease of currying is extremely attractive.
Re:Apple’s Use of Swift in iOS 13 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @07:37PM (#21086830)
There is also F#, open source and available in .net core on multiple platforms
Re:TypeScript 3.6 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:29PM (#20825131)
Microsoft also have Microsoft Research Cambridge. Where I am pretty sure they have Simon Peyton Jones who works on Haskell there.
Re:Picking Rust for Web on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:36AM (#20807737)
I personally don't see it that way. Usually the bottleneck is the database.