Not everyone wants to deal with maintaining Python and untold dependencies on their web server. A C++ binary often has no additional dependencies, and even if it does they’ll be dealt with by the OS package manager.

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wolf550e 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think uv[1] basically solved this problem for python scripts. Go creates statically linked executables that are easy to deploy.

1 - https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/scripts/

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fireflash38 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Docker/podman?

	▲	dmitrygr 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not everyone wants to spin up a multi-GB container for when a 80KB C++ binary would do...