| ▲ | squiffsquiff a day ago | |
AWS and GCP CLIs have been in Python for a decade or more. Last I checked Python was not a compiled language | ||
| ▲ | xtajv a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
Raise your hand if you have been personally traumatized by the miniature standalone py3 distribution bundled within the aws cli. | ||
| ▲ | mjr00 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Yeah, and they're terrible. If anything they're a prime example of what 100% should be written in a compiled language. | ||
| ▲ | slowin a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I think these are both examples that help prove my point. Neither of these tools benefit the user by being in Python and distributing a runtime just for a CLI tool. | ||