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[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't understand why any VM language is widely used. Running on every OS makes no sense to me when you could just compile it for other OS, was there some other reason?

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

was there some other reason?

Compiling to an additional OS, today, can be a pain in the ass.

Compiling to an additional OS, a couple decades ago, was a monumental ongoing never ending pain in the ass.