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matheusmoreira on Nov 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Please – A cross-language build system

> doesn't need a heavy runtime to be installed

Of course it does. The runtime environment just happens to be installed alongside every Go executable by virtue of being statically linked to them.

jjice on Nov 29, 2020 [–]

I think hobofan means that the Go runtime is lightweight when it comes to runtimes.

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