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0 pointsFooBarWidget10y ago0 comments

Have you ever actually tried producing a statically linked C/C++ binary? I've been programming in C/C++ for 10+ years. Static linking is a huge pain. My latest efforts have led me to create holy build boxes inside carefully controlled Docker-based environments just to be able to produce binaries that work on every Linux. With Go you can just run a single command to cross-compile binaries that work everywhere. Minimal setup required, no expert knowledge required.

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pmelendez10y ago· 1 in thread

> Have you ever actually tried producing a statically linked C/C++ binary?

Many times actually, I prefer to deploy just one file whenever I can.

> just to be able to produce binaries that work on every Linux

That's a Linux design/decision thing. Linux binary compatibility is ... well ... challenging. In Windows is not hard at all (Not sure how is it in MacOS since I have worked mostly for iOS in Apple's world).

nl10y ago

That sound like pretty strong agreement, unless you are just targeting Windows?

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